The New Rational Therapy: Thinking Your Way to Serenity, Success, and Profound Happiness

by Elliot D. Cohen

Throughout the ages, great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Nietzsche, and many others have had incredibly useful things to say about overcoming the strife of everyday living and attaining happiness. Unfortunately contemporary approaches to psychology have made only limited use of this guidance. At last, here is an uplifting psychology that systematically applies the wisdom of the ages to attaining life pregnant with insight, meaning, value, and purpose. Guided by the vision of great minds, this book shows you how you can still feel secure and hopeful in a precarious, uncertain universe; face evil with lifeaffirming courage; build selfesteem, respect for others, and global reverence; become your own person; take control of you're emotions and behavior; strengthen your willpower; confront moral problems creatively; build rapport and solidarity with others; and hone your practical decisionmaking skills. Unlike classical approaches to rational psychology that only scratch the surface of what's deeply wrong in your life, THE NEW RATIONAL THERAPY gets to the core and offers you penetrating, philosophical antidotes for transcending your malaise, and for attaining an enduring, profound happiness.

310 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Jett Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has changed my life for the better. It is the first non fiction book i have ever read and the first philosophy book. Elliot D Cohen, the author, was my professor at college and required this book for his class.

Man when i tell you how blown away i was with these philosophical teaching, it truly changed how i think. The book is designed to be a guide to work through destructive ways of thinking, such as demanding perfection or stereotyping. It will show you how these ways of thinking are hurting you and the others around you, and lists multiple ways to go about correcting this, through alternative thought processes.

It helped me have an overall better perspective on life and made me far more optimistic. If you are struggling with anxiety or depression, this book can also help you move along. You'd be surprised how much the way you think is hurting your life.

This book is amazing but may require a more mature mind that is open minded towards criticism and for those who truly want to be better people, whether for yourself or for others. I love the potential this book has in changing your life.