Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

• Who created rational emotive behaviour therapy?

  Albert Ellis
• How many sessions is rational automotive behaviour therapy?

  It varies

  Often 3 to 7 sessions
• What is the aim of a rational emotive behaviour therapy?

  To change irrational beliefs and help clients think more rationally about their life
• What is the ABC model?

  It explains relationships between thoughts, emotions and behaviour

  To deal with rational thoughts, it is important to identify them first
• What are the different components of the ABC model?

  Activating event

  Belief

  Consequence
• What is the activating event?

  Situation that results in feelings of frustration and anxiety

  For example, a friend ignoring you on the street
• Example of the belief

  Your friend doesn’t like you, no one likes you
• what is a consequence of the belief?

  Avoiding social situations in the future
• What does the DE represent in the expanded ABCDE model?

  Disputing beliefs

  Effects of disputing
• What is unconditional positive regard?

  Where the therapist challenges are thinking, but not the person themselves
• What happens if the client feels worthless

  They will be less willing to consider changing their behaviour and beliefs
• What happens when the therapist provides respect and appreciation?

  The client is willing to change their beliefs and attitudes
• What are three types of disputing used in rational automotive behaviour therapy?

  Logical disputing

  Empirical disputing

  Pragmatic disputing
• What is disputing?

  Aiming for the individual to move from catastrophising to more rational interpretations of events
• What is logical disputing?


  Questioning whether it is logical

  Self-defeating beliefs do not follow logically from the information available
• What is empirical disputing?


  Challenging it and where the proof is

  Self-defeating beliefs may not be consistent with reality
• What is pragmatic disputing?


  Questioning how the belief is likely to help me

  Lack of usefulness of self defeating beliefs
• What is mastabatory thinking?

  Thinking that certain ideas or assumptions must be true in order for individual to do well

  An individual who hold such assumptions is like to be at the least disappointed and worst depressed
• What are examples of mastabatory thinking?

  Catastrophising - the worst belief possible

  Awfulising - irrational thought patterns
• Example of mastabatory thinking

  Failing an exam

  Depressed

  Questioning with whether people think you’re stupid
• Research in support


  Engels et al

  Metanalysis

  REBT is an effective treatment for a number of different disorders, including social phobia

  Strength

  Improves quality of life
• What did Ellis claim this success rate was for REBT

  90% success rate

  With an average of 27 sessions
• What does NICE claim about REBT

  Cost effective

  Available through NHS

  Accessible for more people

  Strength

  Improves quality of life
• Side effects of REBT

  Stressful for client

  Client think they are being judged personally due to not feeling the unconditional positive regard

  Quality of life dies

  Feel attacked and might not want to go back to therapy

  Weakness
• Comparing REBT to drug therapy


  Drug therapy is quick and shows immediate results

  REBT is time-consuming and takes practice and hard work

  Individuals with schizophrenia would still have to take medication alongside the therapy

  Quality of life is improved at a slower rate

  Weakness