Logic-Based Therapy and Everyday Emotions : A Case-Based Approach.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface: How Logic-Based Therapy Came to Be -- Introduction: The Nuts and Bolts of LBT -- Part I. THE SYSTEM OF LOGIC-BASED THERAPY -- Chapter One. Minding Your Emotions: Reason and Emotion in LBT -- Chapter Two. Getting at the Root of Your Emotion: Fallacies of Emotional Rules and their Guiding Virtues -- Chapter Three. Getting the Object of Your Emotion Straight: Fallacies of Reporting and Their Guiding Virtues -- Chapter Four. Acting Rationally: Fallacies of Behavioral Reasoning and Their Guiding Virtues -- Part II. USING LBT TO COPE WITH STRESSFUL EMOTIONS -- Chapter Five. Angry about a Girlfriend's Clutter: How to Apply the Six Steps of LBT -- Chapter Six. Mom Keeps Son from Seeing Manic Dad: Confronting the Guilt -- Chapter Seven. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Dealing with Anxiety about a Prospective Engagement -- Chapter Eight. The Loss of a Beloved Dog: Addressing Bereavement Complicated by Guilt -- Chapter Nine. The Emotional Temperament of LBT Practitioners -- Bibliography -- Index.

This case-based approach to the philosophical practice modality of logic-based therapy (LBT) demonstrates the utility, versatility, and accessibility of LBT for dealing effectively with the emotions of everyday life, such as anxiety, worry, guilt, anger, and sadness. Through engaging, illustrative case studies, this book serves as a guidebook for philosophical and psychological practitioners, as well as a text for instructors of philosophy and psychotherapy who wish to demonstrate the practical value of philosophy in their respective fields.

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