Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

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  • 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