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With 47 years of clinical experience and devoting the last 35 years exclusively to full-time private practice, Dr. Richard E. Madden is eager to share with you his expertise and passion for rational living and emotional well-being.

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REBT/CBT is a modern, efficient and results-oriented approach toward achieving unconditional self-acceptance, frustration and discomfort tolerance, emotional control, elimination of self-defeating behaviors, mood management and improved love & work relationships. Dr. Madden defines this relative freedom from self-imposed emotional distress and self-defeating behavior as “rational living.”

With 47 years of clinical experience, post-graduate training and advanced credentials, Dr. Madden is eager to share his expertise with you for improved emotional well-being, personal effectiveness, relationship and life satisfaction.

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Perfectionism & Procrastination: Tag Team Trouble

Perfectionism and Procrastination are each formidable foes by themselves.  But when teamed-up, together they can inflict even greater damage to our performance and emotions. This…
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Of Course: Choosing Indifference Over Disappointment

This post is a work in progress like many topics and themes I tackle using my evolving application of REBT and Stoic thought to life…
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You Always Hurt the One You Love

“You always hurt the one you love, the one you should not hurt at all; You always take the sweetest rose, and crush it till…

Experience the Joy of Rational Living

Learn how to gain relative freedom from self-imposed emotional distress and self-defeating behavior.