“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. Then I found that it intensively went into every irrelevancy under the sun - and that it didn't work. People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.” PeopleFormFoundSunDeeperInsightBotherTherapyDamnPsychoanalysisDamn Things Author:Albert Ellis
“Freudian therapists do a lot of listening and very little persuading, and that was one of the reasons I eventually gave up being an analyst. You had to be too passive and not speak up, and you couldn't give homework to clients. While I was still an analyst, I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit psychoanalysis after practicing it for six years.” GivingYearsLittlesStillsReasonSpeakListeningSixQuittingCriticizeArticlesPassiveClientsGave UpPsychoanalysisHomeworkTherapistsObjectionsAnalystsPersuading Author:Albert Ellis
“When I started to get disillusioned with psychoanalysis I reread philosophy and was reminded of the constructivist notion that Epictetus had proposed 2,000 years ago: "People are disturbed not by events that happen to them, but by their view of them." I could see how that applied to many of my clients.” PeopleYearsPhilosophyHappensViewsEventsYears AgoNotionClientsDisturbedPsychoanalysisDisillusioned Author:Albert Ellis
“The Freudian tradition will never completely die because it has a few good points. For example, people have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. Most of cognitive therapy has now adopted a similar idea. On the other hand, the relationship part of psychoanalysis - where you must have a deep, emotional relationship with the client - will, I think, get kicked in the teeth one of these days.” PeopleThinkingIdeasHandsDiesExampleEmotionalTraditionTeethThese DaysTherapyMotiveClientsAdoptedPsychoanalysisCognitiveCognitive TherapyDeep EmotionalEmotional Relationship Author:Albert Ellis
“I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years.” YearsListeningSixQuittingCriticizeArticlesPsychoanalysisObjectionsAnalysts Author:Albert Ellis
“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.” FormDeeperTherapyPsychoanalysis Author:Albert Ellis
