In a study of 118 male and female college students, people who had either the anxious - ambivalent or avoidant attachment styles also had
more irrational beliefs about their relationship than those with a secure adult attachment style.
Not exact matches
@ CM; Actually, the
more facts you learn about Christianity, the
more irrational Christian
belief becomes.
Folks, note that Chad's statement, «it's
irrational to call
belief in something
irrational, if you yourself arent prepared to say that
belief is incorrect» is either stupidity or just
more of him being intentionally obtuse (insufficient evidence = no
belief = rational position).
@G there are
beliefs a lot
more irrational than «the fridge keeps cool» in everyone.
Religionists need to spend
more time in therapy, working on their
irrational beliefs in the supernatural.
While I agree, I'd offer that
more important to the sustainability of religion is the promise of immortality (for the small price of
irrational belief).
It's also
irrational to think that the number of people involved makes their
belief the slightest bit
more logical or rational.
Rational emotive behaviour therapy focuses on uncovering
irrational beliefs which may lead to unhealthy negative emotions and replacing them with
more productive rational alternatives.
Clients are often taught how to
more effectively relax, how to fashion realistic goals from their own needs and desires, how to journal to promote emotional growth, how to compartmentalize grief, how to confront and replace automatic
irrational beliefs, how to use autosuggestion for shifting emotions, how to manage situational cues to influence their emotional states, and many other self - management strategies.
They will know therapy has started to work when they become
more cognizant of their own
irrational thoughts and
beliefs and feel empowered to change.
J. Ryan Fuller: Really, the beginning, in the mid-50's when he started off with a much larger number of
irrational beliefs and then changing over time, incorporating
more of an emphasis on behavior and things like that.
In fact, if you look at his original list of
irrational beliefs, well, I think he called them
irrational ideas in those days, some of them wouldn't pass muster as
irrational beliefs now,
more like, sort of, distorted influences.
After
irrational beliefs have been identified, the therapist will often work with the client in challenging the negative thoughts on the basis of evidence from the client's experience by reframing it, meaning to re-interpret it in a
more realistic light.