The Spiritual Poverty of Rational-Emotive Therapy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9022358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Finley (0000-0001-7915-1183), Robert D Finley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 83-88 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002216787901900313 |
| OpenAlex | W2025751627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Rational-emotive therapy (RET) claims to be "humanistic" and derived from the philosophy of the ancient Stoics. The philosophical assumptions evident in Albert Ellis's writings, however, reveal a truer basis of RET to be the philosophy of logical positivism RET cannot be both humanistic and positivistic, for the former affirms and the latter denies the spiritual possibilities of the human being Quotations from principle writers show the Stoics to be grounded in spiritual dimensions which Ellis explicitly rejects. Analysis suggests RET to be philosophically naive and confused. The tone and content of Ellis's writings reveal the evangelical faith of the true believer, which is detrimental in a human services profession
Emotive · Epistemology · Faith · Humanism · Humanistic psychology · Logical positivism · Positivism · Sociology · Theology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Philosophy · Psychological Treatments and Assessments · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 1979 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |