Albert Ellis is very famous for his contributions and known as the father of cognitive-behavioral therapy and also the founder of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). In the beginning Ellis was tried to develop Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), that now called Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), because he was disappointed with psychoanalysis style of treatment and feel that it did not worked for everyone. Ellis based his work on the basis of the concept that individuals' beliefs strongly affect their emotional functioning and their behaviors. Ellis called our negative beliefs irrational beliefs because they made people feel depressed, anxious, and angry and lead to negative, self-defeating behaviors (shamekia Thomas)…
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (also known by its abbreviation CBT) was primarily developed through an integration of behavior therapy (first popularized by Edward Thorndike) with cognitive therapy (developed by Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis). The first discrete, intentionally therapeutic approach to CBT to be developed was Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), which was originated by Albert Ellis, Ph.D. in the mid-1950's. Ellis developed his approach in reaction to his disliking of the in-efficient and in-directive nature of Psychoanalysis. The philosophic origins of RET go back to the Stoic philosophers, including Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. While rooted in rather different theories, these two traditions found common ground in focusing on the "here and now", and on alleviating symptoms. CBT is a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. Its goal is to change patterns of thinking or behaviour that are behind people’s difficulties, and so change the way they feel. CBT is a form of psychotherapy in which the therapist and the client work together as a team to identify and solve problems. Therapists use the Cognitive Model to help clients overcome their difficulties by changing their thinking, behavior, and emotional responses. Cognitive therapy has been found to be effective in more than 1000 outcome studies for a myriad of psychiatric disorders, including;…
Comparing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Becoming a Helper, they both discuss the theory of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. They discuss the most important details of the theoretical approach. Rational emotive behavior therapy rests on the premise that thinking, evaluating, analyzing, questioning, doing, practicing and redefining the basics of behavior change (Corey, Corey, 2011, p. 170). This theory assumes that individuals are born with the potential for rational thinking but that they also uncritically accept irrational beliefs. A reorganization of one’s self statements will result in a corresponding reorganization of one’s behavior (Corey, Corey, 2011, p. 170). The clients are taught that the events of life themselves do not disturb…
Throughout the program, one of the methods or strategies used was cognitive restructuring by Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Cognitive restructuring teaches people on how to change their self-defeating thoughts to self-enhancing thoughts. Not only that, muscle relaxation also has help people to cope with living stressed by doing both muscle and mental relaxation. According to Albert Ellis, people contribute to their own psychological problems as well as to specific symptoms, by the rigid and extreme belief they hold about events or situations (Corey, 2013). In other words, irrational thoughts and beliefs hinder one from attaining their goals and creates emotional distress.…
Our beliefs shape our understanding of - and interaction with - the world. These beliefs can be rational or irrational. Rational beliefs are coherent, flexible and non-extreme whereas irrational beliefs are not coherent and can be extreme, unrealistic or non-pragmatic (Hyland & Boduszek 2012) in some cases leading to self-sabotage. Rational Emotive Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (RECBH) stems from the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) model first proposed by Albert Ellis in 1955 and dealing with healthy and unhealthy psychological functioning and how we might increase the former and decrease the latter by helping patients control their emotional states that are based on beliefs, expectations and attitudes. REBT emphasises the role…
Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy introduces the idea that people are not disturbed by things, but rather the view the person takes as well as what they tell themselves. He believed that emotions, thoughts, and behavior were all integrated; that it did not matter which came first because they were interactive. This theory can teach me about myself. I have started to pay attention to what I truly believe in addition to what I am telling myself about certain situations. I have found that I am pessimistic in my thoughts; therefore my emotions and behaviors are also negative. For example, this semester I have been stressed with my three classes while working full time hours. I continue to believe that I have too much on my plate…
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) was selected because it can teach the client how to replace negative thinking with positive thinking and uses cognitive exercises to dispel irrational beliefs.…
Through explaining this, you ensure a discussion is had about how Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) is an extension of cognitive therapy (Beck, 2007), and that his behavior or perceptions from the behavior enhance the use of CBT. You further discuss how cognitive therapy (CT) does have an inclusion of studying perceptions to situations and how they affect our processors through feelings, thoughts and reactions or behaviors (Beck,…
My personal theoretical orientation to counseling is Cognitive-Behavioral therapy. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy helps the client to uncover and alter distortions of thought or perceptions which may be causing or prolonging psychological distress. The theoretical foundations of CBT are essentially those of the behavioral and cognitive approaches. CBT leads to a clear, persuasive, and evidence-based description of how normal and abnormal behavior develops and changes (Kramer 293). The term “cognitive-behavioral therapy” or CBT is a term for therapies with many similarities. CBT is not used as a cure and often times used to help with anxiety or depression the most, and may be single or in group settings. There are several approaches to this form of therapy which include, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Rational Behavior Therapy, Rational Living Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is based on the idea that our thoughts cause our feelings and behaviors. External things, like people, situations, and events do not. The greatest benefit of this fact is that we can change the way we think, feel, act, and even more so if the situation does not change.…
Invented by the psychiatrist Aaron Beck in the 60's, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most used goal-oriented psychosocial intervention for treating mental disorders. It combines basic principles from behavioral and cognitive psychology. CBT focuses on the development of personal coping mechanisms in order to alter thinking and behavior patterns that lie behind person's trauma. As recommended first-line treatment for a majority of psychological disorders in children and young adults, CBT is used in the treatment of PTSD. Benefits of CBT include reduction of PTSD symptoms and remission of PTSD, improvement of a variety of other mental health symptoms, as well as an enhanced parental capacity to meet the child's emotional…
Rational Emotive Behavior therapy suggests that humans are neither all evil nor all good. REBT suggests that people are responsible for their own actions. The beliefs of individuals at times can be misleading; therefore, the actions that follow the beliefs are faulty as well. REBT allows for individuals to change their way of thinking in order to change the way in which they behave without having to blame anyone beside themselves for their actions. One of the most important beliefs of REBT is that individuals innately have the power to change the way that they think and perceive things on their own, which in turn suggests that they can have control over the state of health from a psychological perspective. In this treatment plan, Molly will learn to change the way that she believes in herself as well as how she should…
The overall program goal is to provide a clinically appropriate setting for children and adolescents seeking assessment and referral resources, in order to enhance the mental status and level of resiliency amongst each individual.…
Since its conception for the treatment of depression, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) has been helping millions of individuals struggling with mental illness effectively treat and manage their disorders. In modern psychiatric practice, it is used to treat a wide variety of disorders beyond depression, adapting and changing to each individual’s needs. It has become one of the most effective and widely used practices for treating psychological disorders around the world, changing the way both therapists and patients envision psychotherapy.…
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is an active-directive, comprehensive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy which focuses on resolving behavioral and emotional problems and disturbances and enabling people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives. REBT was created and developed by Albert Ellis-American psychotherapist and psychologist who was inspired by many of the teachings of Asian, Greek, Roman and modern philosophers. REBT is one form of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and was first expounded by Ellis in the mid-1950s; development continued until his death in 2007 (Wikipedia). Rational…
In the integrative model, the cognitive behavioural strand helps to identify irrational beliefs that influence behaviour and emotional responses. This interest in cognitive aspects of therapy coincided with the emergence of the cognitive therapies, such as rational emotive therapy by Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck’s (1976) cognitive therapy. (McGraw-Hill 2008, p.141)…