Full Description
In this latest book on the popular philosophical practice modality of Logic-Based Therapy, LBT inventor and practitioner, Elliot D. Cohen, develops both theory and practice of LBT within the context of accessible, engaging, and illustrative cases involving everyday emotions, such as anxiety, worry, guilt, anger, and sadness. Beginning with an examination of the relationship between philosophical and psychological practice, Cohen shows how philosophy (its methods and theories) can be applied, through the practice of LBT's six-step method, to help people confront the emotionally-laden problems of everyday life with courage, temperance, empathy, prudence, and the other "Guiding Virtues" of LBT. In non-technical language, accessible to students of philosophy and psychotherapy as well as professionals in these fields, Cohen artfully builds a mutually cooperative, competent, and compassionate bridge between philosophical and psychological practice.
Contents
Preface
How Logic-Based Therapy (LBT) Came to Be
INTRODUCTION
The Nuts and Bolts of LBT
PART 1:
THE SYSTEM OF LOGIC-BASED THERAPY
Chapter 1
Minding Your Emotions:
Reason and Emotion in LBT
Chapter 2
Getting at the Root of Your Emotion:
Fallacies of Rules and their Guiding Virtues
Chapter 3
Getting the Object of Your Emotion Straight:
Fallacies of Reporting and Their Guiding Virtues
Chapter 4
Acting Rationally:
Fallacies of Behavioral Reasoning and Their Guiding Virtues
PART 2:
USING LBT TO COPE WITH STRESSFUL EMOTIONS
Chapter 5
Angry about a Girlfriend's Clutter:
How to Apply the Six Steps of LBT
Chapter 6
Mom Keeps Son From Seeing Manic Dad:
Confronting the Guilt
Chapter 7
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not:
Dealing with Anxiety about a Prospective Engagement
Chapter 8
The Loss of a Beloved Dog
Addressing Bereavement Complicated by Guilt:
Chapter 9
The Emotional Temperament of LBT Practitioners
