Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

Chapter 9 Summary: 

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy or REBT was originally known as a rational therapy before it was renamed to focus more on the emotional aspects of the approach. Albert Ellis is the founder of REBT and created it out of frustration. It follows a specific ABC model. The A is for an event that takes place in the environment around you. The B is the belief that the individual holds about said event. And C is the consequences or emotional responses to the event.

How it applies:

I feel like I follow this model a lot whenever I speak with students. I often deal with students who are upset due to an event that has just taken place. For example, one of my residents was very upset because her roommate moved her air conditioner without her permission. She was responding to an event that took place in her environment; the AC being moved in her room. She believed this was wrong of her roommate and was very angry about it as a response.