Ellis postulates that emotional and psychologicaldifficulties arisefrom irration

Ellis postulates that emotional and psychologicaldifficulties arisefrom irrational beliefs (i.e. being lovedand approved by virtually every significant person is our world isnecessary for happiness andfulfillment)thatresultfrom cognitive distortions(i.e. in this case all-or-none thinking). Helping clientsunderstandunhealthycognitions cannot be achievedwithout being able to understand and challenge these beliefs anderrors ourselves. As a result choose one the irrationalbeliefs from the reading this week (or createyour own) andindicate why it is irrational. In addition choose acognitive distortion as discussed in chapter 12 (i.e.generalization)and provide an example from your ownlife.