Rational Emotive Approach to Healthcare Essay

In my future career as a healthcare professional I need to remember to keep myself as objective as possible while still showing my patients the respect and care that they deserve. I have to take a firm stance on directing my patients’ treatments, but I also need to remember to be empathetic of their individual situations. This most effective method is adopting a rational-emotive outlook to patient-physician relationships. The rational-emotive approach to emotions means to fill oneself with “rational thoughts and self-talk,” (185) in other words, to adopt a mindset full of “positive thoughts and helpful constructive criticism.” I cannot hope to counsel my patients on how to live their lives if I myself am struggling with my own advice. To a…