Fat is a barrier, a bellicose statement to others that, to some, justifies hostility in kind. The world says to the fat person, "Your fatness is an affront to me, so we have the right to treat you as offensively as you appear." Fat is not merely viewed as another type of tissue, but as a diagnostic sign, a personal statement, and a measure of personality. Too little fat and we see you as being antisocial, fearful and sexless. Too much fat and we see you as slothful, stupid, and sexually hung up.

I would like to be remembered as one of the individuals who founded, ideologically and practically, cognitive behavior therapy and who pioneered multimodal or integrated therapy.

The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for.

We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

I'm one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I'm also probably the most hated one.

Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the problem if possible.