| Abstract: | Describes the reasoning behind renaming rational-emotive therapy (RET), first introduced in 1955 by the author as rational therapy, to rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). The theory of REBT holds that human disturbance is complicated by biological and environmental factors that exacerbate irrational beliefs. REBT is based on the view that thinking, feeling, and behaving are integrated and holistic processes. The cognitive, emotional, and action techniques of REBT address these processes and also provide therapists with ways of overcoming client resistance. REBT has been a pioneering cognitive-emotive-behavioral therapy, in spite of originally being named rational therapy and RET. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
