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In this update of Dr. Wachtel's seminal work, Psychoanalysis and Behavior Therapy, the author has developed a new integrative theory, cyclical psychodynamics, that has reworked traditional psychoanalytic concepts and proved capable of addressing observations and clinical experiences on which both psychoanalytic and behavioral theories are based. Psychoanalysis, Behavior Therapy, and the Relational World carefully examines the implications of new developments...

Teen camps have become a staple of America's youth rehabilitation system. The scale is vast: every year an estimated 5,000 children are sent to one of 1,000 or more centers dotted across the country. These camps are recommended by teen psychologists, or are sought out by parents, often at considerable expense. Not infrequently, children are forcibly removed, on the request of the parents, from their home and taken to a program, sometimes hundreds...

"In this highly provocative book, Stephen Ray Flora maintains that we have been deceived into believing that whatever one's psychological problem from anxiety, anorexia, bulimia, depression, phobias, sleeping and sexual difficulties to schizophrenia - there is a drug to cure us. In contrast, he argues that these problems are behavioral, not chemical, and he advocates behavioral therapy as an antidote. He makes the controversial claim that for virtually...

This program introduces you to your Emotional System - your default (and typically hidden) mode of behavior when you are not operating from your authentic power. This is your specific behavioral pattern that's at the root ofevery persistent struggle and conflict in your work and life. You will discover your Polarity - that hidden behavioral mechanism you repeatedly display when you are "out-of-power". And you'll understand the behavioral pattern of...

In this video interview with John Whiteley, Albert Ellis discusses the use of rational emotive psychotherapy in a group setting. He considers the greater risk to the individual in the area of self-disclosure, as well as the better potential for a clearer understanding of the individual's personal activity or response to the therapy, explaining that an individual can avoid the truth with a counselor, but that groups create a different dynamic and bring...

This video seminar with Dr. Eboni Webb focuses on racial trauma through the lens of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Dr. Webb explains how racial trauma impacts adolescent development, how it informs body politics and self-image, and how to use DBT strategies to help adolescents to cope, thrive and build a life worth living amidst racial trauma.

This program introduces you to the Model of Dominance & Subservience: our model of behavior that lies at the root of all struggle and stress - in our personal life, in our businesses, and in our world at large. You will understand how the model of Dominance & Subservience takes over our behaviors once we are not in our authentic power. It will become crystal clear to you why organizations are operating the way they are, and why conflicts in your own...

In this video demonstration with a woman afraid to express emotion, Albert Ellis demonstrates his therapeutic technique using his ABC model. He describes his techniques in an interview with Thomas W. Allen after the demonstration.