Summary of Albert Ellis and Gloria - Counselling 1965 Full Session - Rational Emotive Therapy - CAPTIONED

00:00:00 - 00:25:00

In this video, Albert Ellis and Gloria discuss rational emotive therapy from 1965. Ellis stresses the importance of accepting oneself for who one is, even with flaws, in order to have successful relationships. He advises his patient to take risks and be themselves, even if it hurts, in order to find happiness.

• 00:00:00 Rational emotive therapy is based on the idea that the past is not as important as people believe it is, and that people are mainly affected by their present thoughts and emotions. RT tries to help patients understand the ideological roots of their negative emotions and behaviors, and to show them that they can control them by changing their thoughts.
• 00:05:00 Albert Ellis and Gloria discuss how a person's thoughts and feelings can arise from simple exclamatory sentences. Ellis provides exercises to help the individual identify and challenge the thoughts that are creating these emotions.
• 00:10:00 Albert Ellis and Gloria discuss why someone might feel shy or embarrassed in social situations, and how these emotions are connected to beliefs about oneself. Ellis points out that these beliefs are often based on generalizations, and that by accepting these beliefs, one can begin to change them.
• 00:15:00 Albert Ellis and Gloria discuss counselling sessions from 1965. Ellis stresses the importance of accepting oneself for who one is, even with flaws, in order to have successful relationships. He advises his patient to take risks and be themselves, even if it hurts, in order to find happiness.
• 00:20:00 Albert Ellis and Gloria discuss counselling 1965, in which Gloria describes how she uses risk-taking to be herself and how this helps her be more attractive to men. Ellis tells Gloria that she can open up to new encounters by deliberately getting herself into trouble, and she is excited to try this out.
• 00:25:00 In this 1965 session of rational emotive therapy, Albert Ellis discusses how perfectionism is the root of most human evils, and how to attack the attitudes and philosophies of a patient. He also tries to give the patient a few ideas to work on on their own. Although the session was limited by time, Ellis feels hopeful about it.