Ellis

• What was this theory ?


  Deppression is a result of irrational thinking

  • occurs at the end point of a 3 point sequence
  • everyone has rational and irrational thoughts. It only becomes abnormal when people are unable to cope in situations because they have too many irrational thoughts
• What do both Ellis and beck believe ?


  its not the situation but how you think about it
• What was the model ?


  Activating event - something happens

  belief - how you think about something (rational or irrational)

  consequence-
• Evaluation ?

  1. Blames the patient
  2. Lewinson et al- depression causes faulty thinking
  3. practical application - CBT