Ellis' ABC Model

• according to ellis' ABC model, depression is caused by people forming negative interpretations about events in their life
• Ellis' ABC model

  • negative event = activating event
  • a reason to explain the event = belief
  • thoughts, feelings and behaviours resulting from a persons belief = consequence
• according to Ellis' ABC model

  when an activating event happens to someone with depression, the beliefs they form are irrational and negative, leading them experiencing the symptoms of depression as a consequence of their beliefs