Case Study Henry The Rational Interventionist
In the scenario about Henry, the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapist (REBT) focuses on Henry's way of thinking for example, when he thinks that people at his job thinks that he is stupid and would walk away from him. REBT is based on the beliefs from individuals during childhood and then recreate these irrational beliefs throughout our lifetime (Corey, 2017). The REBT would help Henry by understanding his view by using different techniques such as emotive, cognitive or behavioral as part of his treatment. The REBT is going to help Henry understand his thoughts and how the way he is thinking is going to cause harm. The goal for REBT is to get Henry to change his way of thinking to a more healthy way of thinking.
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From a REBT approach, Henry would need to change his irrational thoughts with more rational, healthy thoughts, he will be encourage to do homework assignments.
An intervention within the REBT, that would be use for Henry, would be doing cognitive homework, have Henry make a list of all the issues he is having and as a counselor, look over his list and dispute his beliefs, have Henry to record and think about his views and how they contribute to the issues that are going on (Corey, 2017). In CBT, an intervention that can be used for Henry, would be to have him learn how to manage his anxiety by learning relaxation techniques such as deep breathing.
A limitation of REBT, that some clients may have trouble with the confrontational style, especially if a strong relationship between the counselor and client is not established, Henry may have a problem with this style of therapy. A limitation of CBT, is the counselor's level of personal development, training, and ability to establish a therapeutic relationship with the client (Corey, …show more content…
Retrieved from http://courseroomc.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/COUN/COUN5239/170400/Course_Files/cf_case_study_henry.html.
Corey, G. (2017). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage
The Cognitive Behavioral …show more content…
From a REBT approach, Henry would need to change his irrational thoughts with more rational, healthy thoughts, he will be encourage to do homework assignments.
An intervention within the REBT, that would be use for Henry, would be doing cognitive homework, have Henry make a list of all the issues he is having and as a counselor, look over his list and dispute his beliefs, have Henry to record and think about his views and how they contribute to the issues that are going on (Corey, 2017). In CBT, an intervention that can be used for Henry, would be to have him learn how to manage his anxiety by learning relaxation techniques such as deep breathing.
A limitation of REBT, that some clients may have trouble with the confrontational style, especially if a strong relationship between the counselor and client is not established, Henry may have a problem with this style of therapy. A limitation of CBT, is the counselor's level of personal development, training, and ability to establish a therapeutic relationship with the client (Corey, …show more content…
Retrieved from http://courseroomc.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/COUN/COUN5239/170400/Course_Files/cf_case_study_henry.html.
Corey, G. (2017). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage