REBT

• extends Ellis' ABC model into ABCDE
• what does D stand for?


  dispute
• what does E stand for?


  effect
• the main technique is to identify and dispute the patients irrational thoughts
• what are the different types of dispute?


  logical and empiracle
• what is logical dispute?


  the therapist questions the logic of a person's thought
• what is empirical dispute?


  when the therpaist will ask for evidence for the clients irrational thoughts
• the client has to identify their own irrational beliefs and prove them wrong which will then cause them to change