techniques of rebt
Goals
- Focuses on changes in beliefs and reduction in symptoms
- De-emphasizes processes such as exploration of early development and impact of the past on the present
- Learn cognitive skills that promote rational thinking; leading to great happiness and self-acceptance (Ellis & Ellis, 2011) (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 278-279)
Therapeutic Alliance
- Clinicians teach clients about rational & irrational thinking
- Help identify, dispute, and modify irrational beliefs
- Develop a more rational philosophy of life (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014, pp. 279)
Identifying, Assessing, Disputing, and Modifying Irrational Beliefs
ABCDE Model
ABCDE Model
- A: identification and description of the activating event
- B: person's belief about activating event (positive, negative, or neutral)
- C: consequences of the belief
- D: dispute (or debate)
- E: new rational effect or beliefs; describing the desired outcome (Ellis & Ellis, 2011)