Lesson 3: Turning “I Must” Into a Belief You Can Examine
Lesson 3 explains rigid demands like must and should, how REBT, CBT and ACT each approach them, and how to restate a demand as a belief you can examine.
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Lesson 2: One Situation, Several Different Interpretations
Lesson 2 shows how one event can be read several ways, how each reading shapes feelings and actions, and what CBT and ACT do differently with that.
Lesson 1: What Do We Mean by Anxiety?
Lesson 1 explains what anxiety means, how it differs from fear, worry and stress, when it may be a disorder, and what self-guided learning can do.