COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD -- Prof. Stephen Palmer; INTRODUCTION: philosophy andpsychotherapy; PART I: PHILOSOPHY AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURALTHERAPY (CBT); CHAPTER ONE: The "philosophical origins"of CBT; CHAPTER TWO: The beginning of modern cognitive therapy; CHAPTER THREE: A brief history of philosophical therapy; CHAPTER FOUR: Stoic philosophy and psychology; CHAPTER FIVE: Rational emotion in Stoicism and CBT; CHAPTER SIX: Stoicism and Ellis's rational therapy (REBT); PART II: THE STOIC ARMAMENTARIUM; CHAPTER SEVEN: Contemplation of the ideal sage
Summary
Why should modern psychotherapists be interested in philosophy, especially ancient philosophy? Why should philosophers be interested in psychotherapy? There is a sense of mutual attraction between what are today two thoroughly distinct disciplines. However, arguably it was not always the case that they were distinct. Donald Robertson takes the view that by reconsidering the generally received wisdom concerning the history of these closely-related subjects, we can learn a great deal about both philosophy and psychotherapy, under which heading he includes potentially solitary pursuits such as "se
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index
