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<span><span>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.
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Logic-Based Therapy and Everyday Emotions Logic-Based Therapy and Everyday Emotions A Case-Based Approach Elliot D. Cohen LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Lexington Books An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB, United Kingdom Copyright © 2016 by Lexington Books All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Cohen, Elliot D., author. Title: Logic-based therapy and everyday emotions : a case-based approach / Elliot D. Cohen. Description: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015046057 (print) | LCCN 2015049185 (ebook) | ISBN 9781498510462 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781498510479 (Electronic) Subjects: LCSH: Rational emotive behavior therapy. | Psychotherapy. Classification: LCC RC489.R3 C64 2016 (print) | LCC RC489.R3 (ebook) | DDC 616.89/14—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015046057 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America Contents Preface vii Introduction xiii PART 1: THE SYSTEM OF LOGIC-BASED THERAPY 1 Minding Your Emotions: Reason and Emotion in LBT 3 2 G etting at the Root of Your Emotion: Fallacies of Emotional Rules and their Guiding Virtues 25 3 G etting the Object of Your Emotion Straight: Fallacies of Reporting and Their Guiding Virtues 49 4 A cting Rationally: Fallacies of Behavioral Reasoning and Their Guiding Virtues 83 PART 2: USING LBT TO COPE WITH STRESSFUL EMOTIONS 5 A ngry about a Girlfriend’s Clutter: How to Apply the Six Steps of LBT 111 6 Mom Keeps Son From Seeing Manic Dad: Confronting the Guilt 137 7 H e Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Dealing with Anxiety about a Prospective Engagement 147 v vi Contents 8 T he Loss of a Beloved Dog: Addressing Bereavement Complicated by Guilt 157 9 The Emotional Temperament of LBT Practitioners 167 Bibliography 177 Index 183 Preface How Logic-Based Therapy Came to Be The theory of Logic-Based Therapy (LBT) emerged as a resul