Self Help Therapy: REBT, Focusing on Beliefs Rather Than Moods to Create Peace of Mind
Help Yourself Using a Cognitive-behavioral Therapy that Focuses on Fixing Irrational Thoughts to Elevate Mood, Build Confidence, and Create Peace of Mind
Epictetus once said, “Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves, that is: our ideas about things” (Tucker-Ladd). This is a basic tenet of REBT. OriginallyOne of the main ideas behind REBT is that people have the ability to be happy, but allow their irrational beliefs to get in the way of this happiness. Rather than accepting problems, trouble, and uncomfortable situations as just a part of life, people become overly upset, discouraged, or unable to function. REBT says that this emotional reaction can be changed by changing the thoughts behind it. Albert Ellis, the creator of REBT, believes that we are all rational people who are capable of breaking the self-destructive cycle of irrational thoughts by replacing the irrational thoughts, which he refers to as “internalized sentences” or “self-talk” (Ellis 52) with rational thoughts.
Related information
- Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Method of Treating Human Disturbances: Revised and Updated by Albert Ellis Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy - It Works for Me, It can Work for You by Alber Ellis (both available on www.amazon.com) (available on www.amazon.com)
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