Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Classical Moral Philosophy

Robert Gahl, professor of ethics, examines the similarities and points of contact between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Classical Moral Philosophy

[@brianw.5230]

I'm Catholic and I love CBT! Thanks.

[@alfredhitchcock45]

Thought patterns = Behavioral patterns
Stoicism - Buddhism
Disordered passions
Undesired desires
Indifferent or apathetic happiness
Soul informs the body, passions, emotions
Soul - Reason - Feelings
Center upon oneself
Not just to calm them but to order them towards the Good through rational behavior
Ordering our lives towards good
Freudian Psychoanalysis
Rumination leads to increase in intensification of disordered passions
Willpower
Selective attentions
Limbic vs neocortex

[@alfredhitchcock45]

Ang gulo ng talk niya kasi hindi naman niya clearly naestablish ang link/connection ng CBT with Aristotelian Thomism. Ang CBT kasi is pabaligtad, starts from Behavior pataas. Ang Aristotelianism is pababa, from Soul to Mind to Behavior. So pano nagcoincide yang 2 na yan? And wala namang practical steps sa Aristotelianism, it’s more of a theoretical framework rather than a how to guide. Even the word virtue is loaded, how do you that in the 1st place?