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REBT – Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy<\/h1>\n\t

Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, or REBT for short, belongs to the behavioural School of therapy <\/strong>and is closely related to CBT<\/a>. REBT is an active-directive therapy based on challenging faulty beliefs to resolve emotional and behavioural problems.<\/p>\n

REBT is a theory devised by Albert Ellis,<\/strong> an American psychologist, who in the 1950’s founded the ABCD technique. Ellis believed that we can think our way out of distress<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Albert\n\t

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Key features of the REBT:
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REBT is based on the ABCD technique, named after the four stages that it involves:<\/p>\n

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  1. A<\/strong>ction (for example, you crash your car)<\/li>\n
  2. B<\/strong>elief (this leads you to believe that you are a bad driver)<\/li>\n
  3. C<\/strong>onsequence (you stop driving because you fear you will have another accident)<\/li>\n
  4. D<\/strong>ispute (the counsellor disputes that you are a bad driver, and points out that most people have at least one accident in their driving career).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The goal of REBT therapy ABCD model is to help clients replace irrational thinking<\/em> with rational thinking<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"REBT\n\t