Location is the Burton Barr Library, meeting room B, at 11 a.m. (to roughly 12:30 p.m.), April 2. We will have some social time, as well as discussion of real and hypothetical problems of social inhibitions. The topic is "What Keeps You from Meeting People?" I will do a 15 minute presentation on the very basics of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and show how it applies to the topic of the day.

Come join us for discussion and fun. Seating is limited to 15 people.

Emmett Velten, PhD

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Hope you will register and attend. Feel free to pass on this ad–the full text is attached as a Word file–to anyone you think might be interested. Or anyone you just want to annoy.

Topic: What Keeps You from Meeting People?
Real Topic: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and how to use it to promote attainment of your goals
When: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, April 2
Where: Burton Barr Library, meeting room B, 1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona
Fee: $5. Pay through PayPal (or at event)
Register: online at www.meetup.com, search for Rational Living, zip code 85004. Or, confirm attendance at 602-254-7009.
Only 15 people can participate, so sign up pronto to avoid disappointment.
Continuing Education Units (2.0) offered to psychologists. Other behavioral health professionals may need to check with their re-licensure materials to see whether a course by a licensed psychologist meets CEU criteria.

And by all means become a member of the Rational Living meetup at www.meetup.com.

Emmett Velten, PhD

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4-2-2011, blurb, What Keeps You from Meeting People, 5.doc

Not familiar with www.meetup.com? Then it’s time you were. It’s a great way to find people who share your interests.

In the case of Rational Living, we promote and teach self-help procedures from Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. If a practical approach appeals to you, then join us today. Our meetup may help you get some answers that work for you, just as they work for us.

If you live outside the Phoenix area, never fear. We are working to develop options for meetings online.

At our monthly seminar and discussion group, which is open to everyone, regardless of life philosophy, we exchange ideas, teach REBT, and learn valuable new skills. Our hope is to benefit anyone who wants to improve his or her life through rational thinking.

We hope to see you, and soon, online or in person at Rational Living.

Emmett Velten

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Besides the usual plugs for REBT and me, there will be time for discussion and troubleshooting tips aimed at producing that new, 2011 you.

When? 7 – 8:45 pm, Wed., Dec. 29

Where? Holiday Inn, Arizona Rm., 212 W. Osborn Rd. @ 2nd Ave.

Park? In free garage north of the hotel on 2nd Ave.

How much? $4 at the door

I look forward to seeing you there.

Emmett Velten, PhD

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Holiday Inn, 212 W. Osborn Rd. @ 2nd Avenue, Phoenix

$4 at the door.

Park free in garage on 2nd Ave., north of the Radisson, north of the Holiday Inn

December 8, 2010

7 – 8:45 pm

Do the holidays make you or someone you care about feel…

*

O

so

bad

down

& blue?

eat, drink, &

spend too much?

wallow in self-pity?

loath those you love?

wish the holidays were over

& you didn’t have to face them?

want to pull the covers over your head?

fully understand the emptiness of existence?

flagellate yourself but with very little enjoyment?

experience shame, envy, greed, panic, and nausea?

pray that space aliens abduct you from the trailer park?

feel disgusted that crass commercialism has replaced the true

meaning of the holidays and that others have more money than you?

not even care that much—at times—about after-Xmas sales?!

beg Santa for an AK-47?

&

go

bah!

humbug!?

Well, do they? If so, then this may be the gift you need. Using the self-help methods of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), beloved Dr. Emmett Velten will show you how to get at the real sources of holiday blues, and then how to bother yourself a hell of a lot less. Q & A, caroling, and surprises will follow the talk.

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Hope you will tune in and call in today at 5 pm MOUNTAIN Standard Time, for my weekly Wednesday blogtalkradio interview, conversation, etc., teaching REBT self-help skills. The call-in phone number is on the website.

Should be fun. Ostensible topic? "How To Beat the Holiday Blues."

Same topic in person, even more fun, next Wednesday evening, Dec. 8, 7 pm, Holiday Inn at 212 W. Osborn Rd. (at 2nd AVENUE), Phoenix. Hope to see you there. Pass this ad on to anyone who might be interested.

Thanks,

Emmett Velten

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The next presentation on 12-8-2010, “How To Beat the Holiday Blues,” as well as the last one for this year, “Keep the New Year’s Resolutions You Make” on 12-29-2010, will be in a new location, the Holiday Inn at 212 W. Osborn Rd., in Phoenix.

And don’t forget to tune in and call in at www.blogtalkradio.com/sofasure Wednesdays at 4 pm, Arizona Time, because for now, I’m on the air and spreading the self-help word by showing people how to use REBT—Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy—to tackle their problems.

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It Controls You

Emmett Velten, PhD

7-8:45 pm, Wednesday, October 27, 2010

$4 at the door

Lexington Hotel, 1100 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ

(at Portland, across Central from TV Channel 12)

This is the second in a continuing series of mini-workshops for professionals and the public, teaching, “How To Become Your Own Therapist.”

With classic problem-solving methods of Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), psychologist and author, Emmett Velten, PhD, will teach participants how to stop making themselves angry, resentful, and even vengeful, when they believe those reactions are against their best interests.

Participants will learn to use REBT’s A x B = C formula to appreciate how

• MUSTurbation leads to self-abuse,
• awfulizing leads to more to awfulize about,
• discomfort dodging won’t get you out of Dodge, and
• pride goeth before a fall.

2.0 Continuing Education Units available for psychologists ($15). Other behavioral health practitioners should check with their licensing boards regarding eligibility.

ev.practice.x3; 602-254-7009

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Ana Stella Troncoso, SMART Recovery® Regional Coordinator (AZ & CA), with Phoenix area meeting facilitators

Sponsored by Emmett Velten, PhD, editor, SMART Recovery® News & Views

7:00-8:45 p.m., Thursday, November 4, 2010

Lexington Hotel, 1100 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona

Free, but we will pass the hat

People who struggle with addictions, as well as those who care about them, are seeking alternatives to the traditional approaches to recovery.

SMART Recovery—Self-Management and Recovery Training—is one such self-help alternative. An international, non-profit, volunteer-led organization, it aims to bring science and reason to self-help with addictions. In its meetings, participants learn to use rational, science-based, cognitive-behavioral tools and ideas to move through the stages of change.

SMART Recovery is not treatment, counseling, therapy, or the same as 12-step. Like 12-step programs, SMART Recovery is not for everyone. We offer this opportunity for people to get a sense of what its meetings are like, and to see whether they might be the right fit for them, loved ones, patients, or clients.

In this session, people who have been through SMART Recovery as participants and who now facilitate meetings, as well as other backers of SMART Recovery, will answer questions and demonstrate some of its ideas and methods.

We’re pleased also to invite counselors, therapists, and medical practitioners. Obliged by ethics and insurance to know about and inform their patients and clients of self-help alternatives, many professionals are coming to view SMART Recovery as a valuable supplement to treatment.

2.0 CEUs are available ($15 fee) for licensed psychologists—other healthcare professionals should check with their boards regarding eligibility.

National SMART Recovery®: info; 440-951-5357

Local contact information: info; 602-300-5981

Emmett Velten, PhD: ev.practice.x3; 602-254-7009