I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it.
Albert EllisEating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.
Albert EllisIf human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences, or self-talk, with which one largely created the feeling in the first place.
Albert EllisThere's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.
Albert Ellis