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    Symbolisms of Danger After watching The Skeleton Key, director Iain Softley, portrays a young 25 year old female, Caroline Ellis attending nursing school that takes a job as a caregiver for a stroke victim; living in a secluded, decrypted mansion, surrounded by a bayou in Terrebonne Parrish known as: New Orleans. Consequently, while rummaging through the attic of the house, she comes across some Hoodoo paraphernalia dating back to the 1920’s. Although; notwithstanding, after talking with Violet

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    Joseph J. Ellis. Copyright 1997 Vintage.            Joseph J. Ellis, a historian who was educated at the College of William and Mary and Yale, is a Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke University. He has written four books on historical topics, centered on the time Jefferson was alive, dealing with issues and personalities Jefferson dealt with firsthand. After authoring a book on a politician such as John Adams, Ellis seems to have

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    Braxton L. Wages Mrs.Scott English 8 3 March, 2017 ​ Elijah McCoy Elijah McCoy was an African American who had may inventions that changed the world of train travel, but faced many hardships along the way. Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada, and was later sent to Edinburgh, Scotland by his parents to study mechanical engineering, he then moved to Detroit, Michigan. Due to racism he could only get a job as a fireman or oilman on a steam-engine train. McCoy 's first invention

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    I am presently employed at Wedge Recovery Center (South), which is an Intensive Outpatient Program for Substance Abuse as a Counselor. I’m currently carrying a caseload of twenty five individuals who also experiencing various others concerns such as mental health, medical and homelessness. I facilitates (3) three and half hours addiction groups per week, along conducting 15-20 individual sessions per week, which includes assisting the individuals with developing their treatment plan. Cognitive Behavior

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    Everyone has their own philosophy about the way we live our lives, and how we follow a certain path to get to our destination. One’s philosophy may be based on their religious beliefs, what they were taught growing up, or both. I was raised Christian and many of the beliefs I have stems from my Christian roots. I was always told God was the reason a person behaved a certain way or the devil. Now that I am older, and mostly due to my college education, I see the world differently. Before learning

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    persons individuals beliefs about the event determine if the person has a problem or not. Thus, we are not upset about an event in our particular life, what makes us upset is our interpretation of the event. Intervention “The REBT framwork of Albert Ellis (1962) operates as one ot the most straightforward and well-known models for explaining the connection between events, thoughts, beliefs, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors” (Field, Beeson, & Jones, 2015, p. 207)REBT has two competing models, one

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    (REBT) is Albert Ellis. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1913, New York became Dr. Ellis’ home since his family move there when he was four years old. Ellis struggled with health problems and physical ailments from childhood until his death in 2007. As a child, Ellis survived on his own as his parents were absent. His father was a traveling business person and his mother was emotionally absent (Albert Ellis Institute, 2012). The foundation of REBT developed when a youthful Ellis utilized a philosophy

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    Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

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    Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy created by Albert Ellis. REBT was one of the first types of cognitive therapies and was first called rational therapy. In 1959 the name was changed to Rational Emotive Therapy and did not get its current name, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, until 1992. REBT is based on believing that feeling upset is not caused by an event but rather our beliefs toward the event that upsets

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    Everyone knows George Washington as the first president, but most people do not know his other roles in the creation of the United States of America. In Joseph J. Ellis’s book, His Excellency George Washington, Ellis tells about Washington’s life. He includes his time as a general in the Revolutionary War, his life in retirement after the war, and also his time as the president. Ellis’s main focus in the book is to paint a picture for the reader so it almost feels like they are right next to Washington

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    Rational Emotive Behavior Theory Briefly describe the article you read by Albert Ellis: • How is REBT different from psychoanalytic therapy? • How is REBT different from client-centered therapy? • How did you like his writing? • How did the article enhance your understanding of his theory? This discussion will focus on REBT diverse from psychoanalytic therapy in that REBT utilize rational rearrangement to alter illogical thoughts that cause psychological problems (Wedding and Corsini, 2008). REBT

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