Use Of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy was a type of cognitive therapy introduced in the mid-1950s by Albert Ellis to address what he believed was an inadequacy with the current psychoanalysis and behaviorism techniques. Ellis believed the inadequacy was caused because both psychoanalysis and behaviorism both failed to consider the role that thinking played in the emotional destress, instead, both approaches spent a great deal of time conceptualizing personality and emotional disturbance instead of how a person ultimately became disturbed and how they remain disturbed. Core Constructs of REBT Rational emotive behavioral therapy places great emphasis on successfully completing measurable goals through the manipulation of both
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Clients experiencing self-downing make negative global evaluations about themselves, meaning, they take a negative aspect, trait or behavior, according to the standard of desirability of worth, and apply it to their entire being. These clients also have very low tolerance for frustration which is the fallacy that they can’t stand something, when in fact, they are tolerating the situation very well. Jen would be a great example of this because she feels anxious about returning home for the Thanksgiving holiday because she sees it as a regression of sorts. She also has the fallacy that she can’t be independent while home and is anxious about feeling helpless, lazy, and the fights she predicts will occur between she and her sisters. Jen doesn’t value herself enough to see, that, to the contrary, she can engage in independence and have productive interactions while dealing with her family. Jen also feels that she shouldn’t have to experience any type of discomfort because of a sense of entitlement. The sense of entitlement causes Jen to believe that it is terrible when she is denied the comfort that she feels she is deserving of. Jen has an anxiety because of her irrational fear of experiencing discomfort while home.
Reflection
REBT is a counseling option that could be make more sense to certain populations than others. The discrepancy of views is often a cultural and generational issue. For instance, people from an Eastern culture will ”view expression of emotions to a stranger as inappropriate, weak, or in conflict with their upbringing and self-image” (Stilgman and Reichenberg, 2010). People that were raised in the Western culture would be more open and cooperative thank folks from the Eastern
Clients experiencing self-downing make negative global evaluations about themselves, meaning, they take a negative aspect, trait or behavior, according to the standard of desirability of worth, and apply it to their entire being. These clients also have very low tolerance for frustration which is the fallacy that they can’t stand something, when in fact, they are tolerating the situation very well. Jen would be a great example of this because she feels anxious about returning home for the Thanksgiving holiday because she sees it as a regression of sorts. She also has the fallacy that she can’t be independent while home and is anxious about feeling helpless, lazy, and the fights she predicts will occur between she and her sisters. Jen doesn’t value herself enough to see, that, to the contrary, she can engage in independence and have productive interactions while dealing with her family. Jen also feels that she shouldn’t have to experience any type of discomfort because of a sense of entitlement. The sense of entitlement causes Jen to believe that it is terrible when she is denied the comfort that she feels she is deserving of. Jen has an anxiety because of her irrational fear of experiencing discomfort while home.
Reflection
REBT is a counseling option that could be make more sense to certain populations than others. The discrepancy of views is often a cultural and generational issue. For instance, people from an Eastern culture will ”view expression of emotions to a stranger as inappropriate, weak, or in conflict with their upbringing and self-image” (Stilgman and Reichenberg, 2010). People that were raised in the Western culture would be more open and cooperative thank folks from the Eastern