Your friend Bill has a great deal of emotional and other trouble because he believes he cannot be happy and successful unless he is the most outstanding engineer in the world, and at present he is merely above average. He would like to overcome his emotional difficulty. Which kind of therapy should you recommend for his particular problem?

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Rational-emotive therapy (RET) is a kind of therapy that helps individuals identify irrational beliefs and replace them with rational ones. Bill's belief that he must be the most outstanding engineer in the world to be happy and successful is an irrational belief. RET can help him challenge this belief and replace it with a more realistic belief that being above average is perfectly acceptable and can still lead to happiness and success. RET is therefore an appropriate therapy for his particular problem.

Your Friend Bill Has a Great Deal of Emotional and Other