Rational Emotive Theory
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Ellis (1962)

• Anxiety and depression occur as the end result of 3 point sequence (A-B-C model)
• Illness not as a direct result of sequence
• Irrational thoughts cause illness
• Individual belief system at point 2 decides
• RET replaces irrational beliefs and thoughts with rational ones:
  • No more “it’s terrible –
  • Just tough cookies!”’
• Create a point D – a new way to dispute irrational beliefs

Therapy

• Make patient aware of self-defeating nature of beliefs
• question these beliefs
• Why..?
• Does it matter..?
• Replace them with realistic and rational beliefs
• Believe in them

Evaluation

• Ellis found some support
• More argumentative than Humanism
• Good with people who have irrational guilt
• Good for anxiety & depression
• Bad for psychosis

Other Notes in this Category

1. Abnormal Behaviour
2. Behavourism and Learning
3. Intrapersonal Communication
4. Perception
5. Rational Emotive Theory
6. Stages of Language Acquisition
7. Studies into Memory
8. Theories of Language Acquisition

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