I was introduced to it many years ago, but at the time, I didn't quite understand where the therapist was coming from, and didn't trust him.

What is CBT therapy like? What assignments have you been given? I understand that Albert Ellis is credited as being one of the creators of CBT therapy, even though he called his specific approach Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) What do you know of Ellis and his approach?

I've been trying to understand CBT and REBT therapy on my own, and have thought about giving myself my own assignments. Some of which may be to just decide not to react when people upset me. And maybe even to get into conversations with people who are upsetting me(or upset me in the past), to make it a point of understanding their point of view, even though I obviously disagree. (and the book, The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense comes to mind in this context).

What is CBT therapy like, from your point of view?