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6 techniques · 1 approach
REBT
ABC Model / ABC Framework
ABC Model / ABC Framework
The basic conceptual map of REBT: A (activating event), B (beliefs), C (emotional and behavioral consequences). The key idea: it is not even…
REBT
Cognitive Homework / Disputing Irrational Beliefs Sheet (DIBS)
Cognitive Homework / Disputing Irrational Beliefs Sheet (DIBS)
A structured worksheet for the independent disputing of irrational beliefs between sessions. The client writes down: the IB, the empirical q…
REBT
Disputing Irrational Beliefs (DIBs)
Disputing Irrational Beliefs (DIBs)
The central therapeutic technique of REBT — the active challenging of the client's irrational beliefs with three kinds of argument: empirica…
REBT
Forceful Disputing / Devil's Advocate Role Play
Forceful Disputing / Devil's Advocate Role Play
Work with high emotional energy: the therapist energetically and provocatively defends the client's irrational belief while the client equal…
REBT
Rational Coping Statements / Rational Self-Statements
Rational Coping Statements / Rational Self-Statements
The client develops, together with the therapist, concrete rational statements they can use "in the field" — at the moment of distress or be…
REBT
Rational Role Playing / Rational Alter-Ego
Rational Role Playing / Rational Alter-Ego
The therapist or the client plays a "rational alter-ego" — an inner adviser with rational beliefs. The client plays themselves with irration…
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