Saturday Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy​ Conversation Hour
Live on Saturdays at 9 AM from New York City

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Every Saturday at 9 am Eastern since August 8th, 2020, I have hosted a free weekly REBT demonstration on Zoom. I call this the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Conversation Hour. During this hour, I discuss a problem of daily living with a volunteer. I show them how to apply the core ideas and strategies of REBT to their situation. 

This weekly demonstration is not a role-play but an educational discussion about a genuine difficulty or adversity the volunteer wishes to discuss. At the end of the conversation, I take questions from the Zoom audience. Dr. Ellis, who formally trained me, originated Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and helped launch the cognitive-behavioral therapy movement in psychotherapy. REBT has distinct advantages over the subsequent CBT therapies that followed in its wake. Observing the Zoom demonstration is a great way to see how this problem-focused approach to emotional and behavioral problems is applied to a broad range of issues and can help one live a happier, more fulfilling life. This weekly demonstration and Q&A period is an excellent way for prospective patients, therapists, and students to learn the core ideas and strategies of REBT. If you are a patient of mine, watching the demonstrations will improve the speed and depth of the therapeutic changes you achieve. Should you be unable to afford REBT therapy, reading an REBT self-help book, using the free educational resources on REBTDoctor.com, and watching the demonstrations will help you learn to do self-therapy. When you observe others discuss their problem and then find a solution using the ideas and strategies of REBT, you often learn something you can use with your problems. Please join us for this popular weekly event that people worldwide have found interesting, educational, and personally helpful.

To receive your invitation, join my Intermittent Reinforcement email list. I distribute the Zoom link to attend the Saturday REBT Conversation Hour to those who request my Intermittent Reinforcement emails.

Please write to me at RE********@***il.com to request to join the list. Once you receive the Zoom meeting link, ID, and passcode, you will use the same link each week to access the Saturday Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Conversation Hour. There is no need to re-register to attend each week.

Disclaimer: I will not be treating a mental disorder, nor is the weekly Conversation Hour a place to seek emergency psychiatric or psychological care. This weekly event is an educational demonstration and will not be a psychotherapy session; rather, it will be a conversation about the problem from the REBT perspective. The issues discussed include interpersonal conflicts with family, friends, and colleagues; acts of disrespect, betrayal, or insufficient recognition; and loss, failures, and undeserved burdens. Behavioral problems often discussed include self-defeating habits, lack of self-discipline, overindulgence, perfectionism, and procrastination. The volunteer participant can remain anonymous but will participate with the understanding that this is a public educational conversation about adopting healthy attitudes toward the discussed adversity.

To Volunteer to Discuss A Problem with Me During the Conversation Hour

If you would like to participate in this conversation as the volunteer who will share an actual problem of daily living, you can email me at RE********@***il.com during the week before the Saturday discussion. In your email, please briefly describe the issue you plan to discuss in a couple of sentences and provide your Zoom name so I can correctly identify you among the attendees. If selected for the upcoming week, I will email you to confirm your participation as a volunteer.