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epictetus
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Location: Washington D.C.
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| Posted: Mon 0707 May 07, 7 pm Post subject: AEI vs Albert Ellis : Please don't go there |
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Hi Guys;
One of the downsides on hosting an internet forum is that you will get unsolicited opinions about how you should run those forums.
Please consider my comment friendly proof of that assertion and accept my apologies in advance  .
I would leave this section of the web board up, make it read only, and post a policy statement in it asking people to take AEI vs Albert Ellis discussions elsewhere.
As the owners of the board you have that power.
Please let me explain why I think AEI vs Albert Ellis should be forbidden.
There are other REBT/CBT forums on the web and I really enjoy discussing REBT and CBT.
Yet, I have avoided those web boards because a large portion of the content are vitriolic and even immature discussions about the AEI vs Albert Ellis controversy.
Yes, both sides have contributed to that controversy and yes, psychologists are prone to human fragilities too. I agree with that statement, but I don't think it covers the negative extremes I have seen between professional psychologists in those discussions.
Many other average, normal, run of the mill human beings without psychology degrees are in situations more contentious, more deadlocked every day and they behave, as well as speak much better than the RE/CBT psychologists embroiled in the AEI vs Albert Ellis controversy.
I think the situation is made worse by the fact that what the two parties have in common are being psychologists and being interested in a system that uses rationality to manage emotions.
I think those discussions have compromised reputations, compromised careers and have made REBT/CBT look bad. Nobody has benefited.
I'm assuming that the goal of this web board is to promote REBT, CBT, give talented professionals a place for discussion, help others, and promote themselves.
To that end I would leave this section of the web board up, make it read only, and post a policy statement in it asking people to take AEI vs Albert Ellis discussions elsewhere.
End of unsolicited advice.
My apologies. |
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rexall
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Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Fri 10 Aug 07, 9:27 a.m.
Hi Epictetus, all,
This is a rather belated reply.
I agree with what you are recommending in principle. However, this board has hardly been hijacked by the Dr. Ellis vs. AEI controversy yet. And as long as any such discussions remain in this forum (section), then I have no problem with it.
It admittedly is an "interesting" subject. You yourself couldn't avoid commenting on it, even though your approach tends to involve, like mine, sort of journalistic "meta observations" about the controversy itself, rather than taking sides.
Aloha,
Rex |
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