Irrational thoughts

Question 1

What did Ellis Albert create?

Answer 1

REBT this was an extension of his ABC model

Question 2

What does REBT stand for?

Answer 2

Rational emotive behavioural therapy

Question 3

What does D refer to?

Answer 3

Disputing irrational thoughts and beliefs

Question 4

What does E refer to?

Answer 4

Effects of disputing / effective attitude to life

Question 5

What does F refer to?

Answer 5

Feelings - the new feelings and emotions that are produced

Question 6

What does REBT focus on?

Answer 6

challenging irrational beliefs and replacing them with effective rational beliefs

Question 7

What is logical disputing?

Answer 7

self defeating beliefs that are illogical from the information available
A therapist may ask a patient (does this way of thinking make sense?)

Question 8

What is empirical disputing?

Answer 8

self defeating beliefs that are not consistent with reality. A therapist may ask for proof of these beliefs, they may ask a question such as the following ‘ where is the evidence that your beliefs are true?’

Question 9

What is pragmatic disputing?

Answer 9

A therapist emphasises the uselessness of self-defeating beliefs
(how will these beliefs help me?)

Question 10

What might happen after a session?

Answer 10

A therapist might set the patient homework so the patient can move on from irrational to rational beliefs
Homework leads to a patient identify their own rational beliefs