Quiz: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Slightly Different Approach from CBT (3 hours)

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1) Albert Ellis, the founder of REBT, hypothesized that irrational beliefs are the result of a person’s goals or desires being inhibited or blocked.

2) REBT, first called rational therapy, and then rational-emotive therapy (RET), was developed in the 1950’s by Dr. Albert Ellis.

3) Rather than attempting to improve client self esteem, REBT trains clients to refrain from global evaluations of self and other. TRUE

4) Albert Ellis is considered the grandfather of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT).

5) Many more studies support the use of CBT than REBT, because CBT is a larger rubric that is more likely to be researched.

6) In general, the higher the level of training of the therapist, the greater/better the results of REBT intervention.

7) Ellis boiled down the many irrational beliefs he had observed into three core beliefs.

8) CBT therapists will focus more on secondary beliefs than REBT therapists.

9) REBT attempts to enhance clients’ self esteem through pointing out the clients’ achievements and approval from others.

10) Disputation lies at the heart of REBT.

11) Homework has virtually no priority in REBT counseling.

12) REBT should not be used with children or couples.

13) In the ABC model, A stands for the Activating Event or Adversity.

14) Ellis emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between discomfort anxiety and ego anxiety, saying that confusing the two can stymie treatment.

15) CBT is more challenging and confronting than (REBT); the CBT therapist is much more prone than the REBT therapist to point out the basic elements of faulty cognitions instead of assisting the client in discovering them.