What is REBT?

(Rational-emotive therapy according to Albert Ellis)

Thinking influences feelings and behavior and vice versa. This is exactly where the method comes in: through intervention on the cognitive level.

“It’s not the things that happen that bother us – it’s the way we perceive these things.”

-Ellis, Albert, 1995-

By recognizing the beliefs underlying feelings, new problem-solving strategies can be established and applied.The method of rational-emotive behavioral therapy deals with the obvious connection between feelings and thoughts. It is a scientific-philosophical approach to helping people help themselves.

REBT according to Albert Ellis enables people to comprehensively analyze their own thinking and the resulting feelings using a simple model.

Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) was developed in the 1950s by the American psychologist Albert Ellis. It is a cognitive behavioral therapy and also a method that is not only applicable in therapy. Rational-emotive behavior therapy is particularly suitable as a method in primary prevention.

Thinking influences feelings and behavior and vice versa. This is exactly where the method comes in: through intervention on the cognitive level.Today, many people suffer from temporary or persistent emotional distress.

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Discover the proven methods of rational-emotive behavior therapy to change the thought processes that lead to problems.