Rational emotive behavior therapy (rebt)
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Basic Principles of REBT:
REBT focuses on helping people identify, evaluate, and modify dysfunctional cognitions.
Human Development and Emotional Health
Dimensions of psychological health include the following:
Self- Acceptance
"Should, ought, must" are examples of irrational beliefs. They are illogical, inconsistent with reality, and prevent clients from attaining goals. (Dryden et. al., 2010)
Characterized by following themes:
(Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 276-277)
The Format of Sessions
What a typical session entails:
REBT focuses on helping people identify, evaluate, and modify dysfunctional cognitions.
Human Development and Emotional Health
Dimensions of psychological health include the following:
Self- Acceptance
- Emotional difficulties present in people with conditional self-acceptance
- Instead of placing worth on self, value is based on accomplishments (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 275)
- Results from a combination of innate predisposition toward irrational thinking and life experiences (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 275)
- View people as unique individuals who value and choose to live in interdependent social groups
- Concerned with social systems
- Advocate peace, fairness, and democracy (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 275)
- Change only occurs when people recognize and accept responsibility for creating their own emotional problems (Ellis, 1988)
- Focus on present thoughts
- More meaningful and likely to enhance rapport
- Gain awareness of their irrational beliefs and take action to change irrational ones (Dryden & Branch, 2008)
- REBT's Three Levels of Insight
- The insight to see that we choose to upset ourselves
- The insight to see that we acquired our irrational beliefs and to see how we continue to maintain them
- The insight to see that we need to work hard to change
- REBT's View of Emotions
- Self-destructive emotions: are enduring & nonproductive; reflect overreactions; lead to negative self-image (Ellis, 1986)
- Appropriate emotions: are transient & manageable; in proportion to stimulus & enhancing of self-acceptance (Dryden, 2011)
- REBT's View of Behavior
- Secondary focus of treatment
- Measure progress
- Modify and reinforce thoughts
- Prime target of homework assignments (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 275)
"Should, ought, must" are examples of irrational beliefs. They are illogical, inconsistent with reality, and prevent clients from attaining goals. (Dryden et. al., 2010)
Characterized by following themes:
- Awfulizing
- Self-deprecation - including global evaluations of human worth
- Self- criticism
- Frustration intolerance (Ellis, 2001)
(Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 276-277)
The Format of Sessions
What a typical session entails:
(Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 278)