Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) is an active-directive form of psychotherapy created by Albert Ellis, first expounded in the mid-1950s and developed until his death in 2007. It holds that emotional and behavioral disturbance results not from events themselves but from irrational beliefs about those events, and that disputing those beliefs can resolve psychological problems and help people live happier, more fulfilling lives. Ellis first presented the approach at a 1956 American Psychological Association conference and published a seminal 1957 article, making REBT a direct forerunner of cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Central QuestionDo irrational beliefs about events, rather than the events themselves, cause emotional and behavioral disturbance, and can disputing those beliefs relieve it? 1 Founded Year Connections
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Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is an active-directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy, the aim of which is to resolve emotional and behavioral problems and disturbances and to help people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives.
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was first expounded by Ellis in the mid-1950s; development continued until his death in 2007
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REBT posits that people have erroneous beliefs about situations they are involved in, and that these beliefs cause disturbance, but can be disputed and changed.
Opposes: Psychoanalysis, Article text
Ellis has himself in very direct terms criticized opposing approaches such as psychoanalysis, transpersonal psychology and abreactive psychotherapies in addition to on several occasions questioning some of the doctrines in certain religious systems, spiritualism and mysticism.
Opposes: Transpersonal Psychology, Article text
Ellis has himself in very direct terms criticized opposing approaches such as psychoanalysis, transpersonal psychology and abreactive psychotherapies in addition to on several occasions questioning some of the doctrines in certain religious systems, spiritualism and mysticism.
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