REBT

• Ellis' rational emotive behavioural therapy aims to identify and dispute irrational thoughts through vigorous argument with the therapist, this intends to change the irrational belief and break the link between negative life-events and depression.
• The two methods of dispution:

  • Empirical disputation: Disputing if there is any evidence to support the irrational belief
  • Logical disputation: Disputing whether the negative thoughts logically follow from facts