Lexington Books
Pages: 230
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Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-4985-1046-2 • Hardback • February 2016 • $109.00 • (£84.00)
978-1-4985-1048-6 • Paperback • March 2017 • $53.99 • (£42.00)
Elliot D. Cohen is professor and chair of the Humanities Department at Indian River State College, and adjunct professor of clinical ethics at Florida State University.
Preface
How Logic-Based Therapy (LBT) Came to Be
INTRODUCTION
The Nuts and Bolts of LBT
PART 1:
THE SYSTEM OF LOGIC-BASED THERAPY
Chapter 1
Minding Your Emotions:
Reason and Emotion in LBT
Chapter 2
Getting at the Root of Your Emotion:
Fallacies of Rules and their Guiding Virtues
Chapter 3
Getting the Object of Your Emotion Straight:
Fallacies of Reporting and Their Guiding Virtues
Chapter 4
Acting Rationally:
Fallacies of Behavioral Reasoning and Their Guiding Virtues
PART 2:
USING LBT TO COPE WITH STRESSFUL EMOTIONS
Chapter 5
Angry about a Girlfriend’s Clutter:
How to Apply the Six Steps of LBT
Chapter 6
Mom Keeps Son From Seeing Manic Dad:
Confronting the Guilt
Chapter 7
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not:
Dealing with Anxiety about a Prospective Engagement
Chapter 8
The Loss of a Beloved Dog
Addressing Bereavement Complicated by Guilt:
Chapter 9
The Emotional Temperament of LBT Practitioners
Elliot D. Cohen is arguably the leading authority in philosophical practice in the world today. His recent work is a testament to his refined therapeutic approach to applied logic in the consulting room. Offering many case examples to support his original methodology, this novel and important book becomes essential reading for the philosophical practitioner.
— Jon Mills, University of Essex, Adelphi University, and New School for Existential Psychoanalysis
Logic-Based Therapy’s systematic and comprehensive integration of logical method and philosophical theories makes it the most effective form of philosophical counseling I have encountered. Cohen’s latest book sheds light on the practical application of Logic-Based Therapy and reveals its power to resolve everyday emotional problems and vastly improve the quality of our lives.
— Laura L. Newhart, Eastern Kentucky University