ELLIS' ABC MODEL

• WHAT DOES THE COGNITIVE APPROACH EMPHASISE?

  role of internal mental processes (their influence on our behaviour)
• WHAT DOES THE COGNITIVE APPROACH SUGGEST IS TO BLAME FOR DEPRESSION?

  disturbance in thoughts
• TWO MODELS?

  • Ellis' ABC Model
  • Beck's Negative Triad
• WHAT DOES ELLIS' MODEL FOCUS ON?

  role of irrational beliefs in depression
• WHAT DOES THE A STAND FOR?

  activating event
• WHAT DOES THE B STAND FOR?

  belief
• WHAT DOES THE C STAND FOR?

  consequences
• WHAT IS THE ACTIVATING EVENT?

  event that causes a reaction
• WHAT IS THE BELIEF?

  thought about why the situation occured
• WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?

  cognitions, emotions and behaviours caused by the belief
• WHAT IS REACTIVE DEPRESSION?

  depressed state following an activating event