Ask Mark – Week 1 responses
Thank you to everyone who posted questions last week. I have recorded a response to four of the many interesting questions you had posed in Step 1.12 of Week 1. My video responses are on YouTube with links below.
Question 1: My question is around your claim that ‘first we have feelings’. Whilst this makes absolute sense, it would also strike me as being incompatible with one of the central principles of cognitive behavioural therapy, that is, Albert Ellis’ ABC model (i.e. that A. we experience an event, B. we interpret the event, and C. we feel an emotional response in line with our interpretation). In Ellis’ sequence, feelings would appear to be a secondary phenomenon, which are largely directed by thoughts. However, in the schema you describe, it would seem as though thought can be regarded as secondary to feeling. Do you regard your views as being compatible with Ellis’ line of reasoning in any respect or would you hold an altogether different perspective?
I look forward to your questions for this week – you can post them in Step 2.12 of Week 2
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