REBT

Running Head : REBT

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

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Historical and Philosophical Viewpoints of REBT

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy is a pioneering cognitive behavioral theory that comprehensively explains the correlation between how we process our thoughts and our feelings at that moment . First formulated by the American psychotherapist Albert Ellis under the name Rational Therapy in 1956 , thereafter , the name was changed to Rational Emotive Therapy in 1959 . And lastly , to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT which is its current since 1992 (Albert

and Windy , 2007 . In depth REBT can be termed as a thorough active-directive empirically founded psychotherapeutic theory which concentrates on settling sentiment and behavioral problems and diss facilitating people to live more cheerful and satisfying lives (Albert and Windy , 2007

Sharf (2008 ) states that a client who has been remedied using REBT can recognize and evaluate unreasonable , unrealistic and self-defeating thoughts . This empowers him or her with the ability to logically confront , dispute and refute the views enabling him to timely avoid the unhealthy construct , hence evading an imminent period of dejection (Sharf , 2008 . REBT structure presumes that human beings encompass intrinsically sound predispositions in construct . Moreover , it asserts that humans for the most part consciously form emotional worries such as anxiety , guilt , depression , hurt , self-pity , self-blame and even clinical anger by means of their unfounded thinking and emotional behavior . REBT is grounded in the premise that human beings do not typically get distraught by adverse circumstances , but rather through their mental images of...