REBT

Question 1

what is REBT?

Answer 1

rational emotive behavior therapy

Question 2

basic premise(s) of REBT?

Answer 2

• Humans have potential for rational “straight” thinking and irrational “crooked” thinking
• We have the propensity for self-preservation and self-destruction
• Irrational beliefs are learned from significant others during childhood and recreated in adulthood
• Irrational beliefs are strengthened through self-repetition and we then behave in ways that are consistent with these early-indoctrinated irrational beliefs.

Question 3

emotional disturbance is a result of?

Answer 3

the three basic musts

Question 4

what are the three basic musts?

Answer 4

• “I must do well and win the approval of others for my performances or else I am no good.”
• “Other people must treat me considerately, fairly, kindly, and in exactly the way I want them to treat me. If they don’t, they are no good and they deserve to be condemned and punished.”
• “I must get what I want, when I want it; and I must not get what I don’t want. If I don’t get what I want, it’s terrible, I can’t stand it, and life is no good for depriving me of what I must have.”

Question 5

what does REBT assume about people?

Answer 5

We have strong tendencies to be dogmatic (shoulds, musts, oughts)

Question 6

what is the A-B-C framework?

Answer 6

• A = Activating Event
• B = Belief (irrational)
• C = Consequence (feelings & behavior)
• D = Disputing (detect, debate, discriminate)
• E = Effect (effective rational belief)
• F = Feeling (new set of feelings)

Question 7

therapeutic goals?

Answer 7

• Basic goal is to change client’s dysfunctional feelings and behaviors into healthy ones through cognitive restructuring: replace irrational beliefs with rational beliefs
• Learn to separate evaluation of themselves and evaluation of their behaviors
• Help client achieve unconditional self-acceptance and unconditional other acceptance
• Encourage clients to be less emotionally reactive; to feel sadness and disappointment, but not depression, shame, and guilt

Question 8

this type of therapy is good for what kinds of people?

Answer 8

very intellectual people / rational thinkers
- people who aren’t in touch with their feelings

Question 9

this theory is used to dispute____?

Answer 9

your irrational beliefs

Question 10

differences between REBT and CBT?

Answer 10

• REBT is highly directive, persuasive, and confrontational with a focus on the
  teaching role of the therapist
• REBT therapists view maladaptive beliefs as irrational and nonfunctional
• REBT views therapists primarily as teachers and thus, a warm personal relationship is not important