View of human nature.
My choice theoretical approach is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), which contains components of rational behavior therapy (REBT) and cognitive therapy (CT). I believe that humans are born with both rational and irrational thinking. People actually have the tendencies to want to be happy, grow, and self-actualize, but also to be self-destructive, procrastinate, and self-blame (Corey, 2009). Humans have both biologically and culturally crooked thinking tendencies. As Ellis (2001a; 2001b), I believe that humans have a tendency to internalize self-defeating views (as cited in Corey, 2009). Humans also learn and perpetuate disturbing thoughts through self-talk, which leads me to believe humans have