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  • Created on: 27-04-15 09:47

Rational emotive bahioural therapy - tries to change a client's irrational beleif to a more rational belief

Advantages

  • Engels et al, meta-analysis, 28 studies, concluded REBT is an effective threatment for a number of different types of disorder including OCD and social phobia. This form of therapy was more effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders than systemaic de sensitation or a combination of other therapies.
  • REBT  is not only useful for clinical patients but also useful for non-clinical patients (lack of assertiveness or examination anxiety).

Disadvantages

  • After therapy finishes the client will still be placed in the irrational environment and could start thinking the irrational thoughts again.

Evaluation

Overall, its good because it is effective for a variety of irrational thoughts

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