WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED TO WAYNE DYER?

 

WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED TO WAYNE DYER?

      I've had two of his books gathering dust for the past couple of years.  One is "Feeling Good", which is mostly about depression.  In fact, depression is mentioned constantly throughout the book.  Along with guilt.  A therapist recommended it to me and I bought 2 copies, one large print.  What a waste of money -- it feels good to unload them.

     Albert Ellis accused Dyer of plagerism in regard to Dyer's book, "Your Erroneous Zones."According to Ellis:

 that book is "the worst example" of plagiarism of Ellis' Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT).^[4] In a 1985 letter to Dyer, Ellis claims that Dyer had participated in a workshop Ellis gave on REBT before Dyer published his book, in which Dyer appeared to understand REBT very well. Ellis adds that "300 or more people have voluntarily told me... that [the book] was clearly derived from REBT." Dyer never apologized or expressed any sense of wrongdoing. Ellis admonishes Dyer for unethically and unprofessionally not giving Ellis credit as the book's primary source, but expressed overall gratitude for Dyer's work, writing: "Your Erroneous Zones is a good book, ... it has helped a great number of people, and ... it outlines the main principles of REBT quite well,... with great simplicity and clarity."^[5]

     I admire Ellis a lot and took his course in grad school and attended a conference where he was the keynote speaker.

     I had no idea that Wayne Dyer had died (2005).  Otherwise I would have avoided my salty language.