WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE CHOICES........."People are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them". (Epictetus) We Feel the Way We Think-----------------------ONLY ONE PERSON IN THIS WORLD CAN EVER MAKE YOU FEEL DEPRESSED, WORRIED, OR ANGRY-AND THAT PERSON IS YOU! THIS IDEA CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE. (David Burns MD)----------------------------------------------------------------------- ........................................................................................................ Theories emphasizing thoughts and actions (behaviors) have the most empirical validation - in short scientifically proven to be helpful. ........................................................................................................ Not an expert and not a therapist but I'm enjoying growing my CBT & related REBT games. Also love bx based Reality and SFBT. Enjoy Existential and Adlerian concepts. Big fan of Myers-Briggs, goal-setting principles, and especially the emerging field of Positive Psychology which is the scientific study of what makes one happy. I will working to focus my CBT game . ....................................................................................................... Spent many years in USA and USAF and visited Iraq witnessing some unpleasant things. Too much exposure to death while working in cancer field for multiple years. Lived in every region of the USA and have lived in and visited scores of countries. .................................................................................................... I've always been able to make good connections with the down-and-out which I enjoy..., and that is what I do. I work with people who have been given every single psychiatric diagnosis known, but I'm not always a fan of such labeling. I volunteer as a youth VB coach and am regularly inspired by our young athletes. ...................................................................................................... All the background above has enabled me to assist others with simple to complex problems, and I would enjoy exchanging ideas with you