Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy seeks to develop a more positive self-image by helping individuals identify unhelpful thoughts they have about themselves. These negative thoughts can cause distressing emotions, leading to maladaptive or harmful behavior.
The way people think about themselves or their belief system causes adverse outcomes because their beliefs guide their actions.
REBT’s goal is to identify these negative thoughts, challenge them, and then construct newer, more accurate thoughts that allow people to behave in more positive ways and ultimately lead to growth and healing.
Anyone with distressing emotions or negative thoughts about themselves can benefit from REBT.
Your counselor will work with you to identify what these negative thoughts are. Then, using techniques such as disputing ideas, reframing, and rationalizing, your counselor will help you work toward a more accurate, positive self-image.
REBT also helps you figure out coping mechanisms that work for you to deal with negative thoughts about yourself when they arise. This approach is how REBT can help you develop a more positive sense of self.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
I see counseling as a process in which the client and the counselor work together in achieving a safe environment of understanding, mutual respect, and trust. We work as a team to explore and define present problem situations, develop future goals for an improved life, and work in a systematic fashion toward realizing those goals. I work with clients in a variety of formats including individual...
Hello and welcome. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with post-graduate training in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), a cognitive-behavioral approach. I have extensive training and practice with meditation, which I find increases my sensitivity and awareness in the therapeutic relationship. My approach is gentle, yet challenging. I’m collaborative and interactive and sessions...
With over 40 years experience Ross believes that therapy is a contract developed by the client and therapist focused on the goals of the client which are observable and measurable. As a veteran Ross feels a special connection in treating veterans. Ross comes to Livingston Psychological Services with extensive experience in treating a vast array of issues and problems encountered by individuals....
Warren D Zysman LCSW is one of the top Cognitive Behavioral Therapist in the country. He was trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) at the Beck institute located in Pennsylvania by Aaron Beck MD (founder of CBT), Judith Beck PhD, and directly supervised by Dan Beck LiCSW. Warren also received advanced institute training in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) from Albert Ellis PhD...
I approach counseling with the belief that we are all seeking to understand truth and a meaningful life. My graduate training was an interactive strengths-based approach to treating creative and gifted adolescents who often felt alienated by value systems beyond their choosing. My goal as a clinician is to help clients understand the origin of their emotional struggle, and in doing so, we will...
