Ellis' ABC model evaluation

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Ellis' ABC model evaluation

Practical application in CBT: 

ABC model has led to successful therapies, by challenging irrational beliefs, a person can reduce their depression (supported by Lipsky et al) supporting the basic idea that irrational beliefs have some role in depression.  Via dispute - which is when 

Partial explanation for depression: 

Ellis’ explanation only applies to some to some kinds of depression and is therefore only a partial explanation for it. 

Doesn’t explain all aspects of depression: 

Although Ellis’s explanation explains why some people are more vulnerable to depression than others, it has the same limitations as Beck - it doesn’t explain the deep anger and hallucination symptoms associated with depression. 

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