When head and heart do not agree: A theoretical and clinical analysis of Rational-Emotional Dissociation (RED) in cognitive therapy

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-50

  Stott, Richard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitions; Cognitive therapy; Emotional reasoning; Head versus heart; Irrational beliefs; Rational emotional dissociation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MEMORY; NEUROSCIENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW;

EID: 33947508876     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088983907780493313     Document Type: Review

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