EDFD 231

It is a type of therapy introduced by Albert Ellis in the 1950s. It’s an approach that helps you identify irrational beliefs and negative thought patterns that may lead to emotional or behavioral issues.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Triad is three forms of negative thinking namely; negative thought about self, world and the future.

• Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

There are 3 major mechanisms that were responsible for depression

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

ABC model is the core concept of this therapy. ABC model explains how, while we may blame external events for our unhappiness, it is our interpretation of these events that truly lies at the heart of our psychological distress.

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This model ultimately aims to teach patients to be their own therapist, by helping them to understand their current ways of thinking and behaving and equipping them with tools to change their maladaptive cognitive and behavioral patterns.

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This framework showed that depression-prone individual develop a negative schema.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

The main goal of this therapy is to help people respond rationally to situations that would typically cause stress, depression, or other negative feelings. When faced with this type of situation in the future, the emotionally healthy response would be to realize that it is not realistic to expect success in every endeavor. All you can do is learn from the situation and move on.

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This model identified several logical thought patterns that can cause great anxiety or depression.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

It can be particularly helpful for people living with a variety of issues, including:

depression, anxiety, addictive behaviors, phobias, overwhelming feelings of anger, guilt, or rage, procrastination, disordered eating habits, aggression, sleep problems

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

The three main beliefs of these therapy are;

You are worthy of self-acceptance no matter what even when you struggle or make mistakes; there is no need for shame or guilt.

Others are also worthy of acceptance, even when their behavior involves something that you don’t like.

Negative things will sometimes happen in life, and that doesn’t mean that things are happening in a way they shouldn’t be.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy