Ellis ABC model

• Proposed that good mental health is a result of rational thinking
• Argued that there are more common irrational beliefs that underlie a lot of depression
• Ellis suggested the ABC model
• what does the A stand for?


  An activating event
• What does the B stand for?


  An individuals belief
• What does the C stand for?


  Consequence
• What is masturbatory thinking?


  Belief that it is a major disaster whenever something Doesn’t go smoothly
• What is utopianism?


  That life is always supposed to be fair