Adler's comprehensive theory of human behavior has resulted in models of practice that have had broad impact on the fields of education, social sciences, family life, psychology and psychotherapy. He pioneered ideas and techniques that have become the basis for most contemporary work including Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Reality Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Existential Therapy, Holistic Psychology and Family Therapy to name a few. Theorists as diverse as
on the figure of Albert Ellis and his Rational Emotive Therapy, which marked the beginning of cognitivism and similarities with Aaron Beck's Cognitive Therapy. Ellis was born in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) in 1913, in a Jewish family and died in Manhattan in 2007. He spent most of his time writing short stories, plays, novels, comic poetry, essays, and nonfiction books. A part of this facet was dedicated and involved in psychology. Next, I will present the studies and paths that led Albert Ellis to be
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential Therapy and Family Systems Therapy. In this essay, I will compare and contrast the three theories by looking at the underlying assumptions and concepts, therapeutic goals and relationships and techniques and procedures. CBT is one of the most widely known counseling theories these days. If you type the letters “Cog”, Google shows cognitive behavior therapy as its first search suggestion. Even a layman knows about it. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a general
1. Introduction Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) was established by Albert Ellis and he has found that what individuals accepted unequivocally influenced how they responded rationally. Accordingly, when their beliefs became irrational, it would make individuals feel skeptical, edgy or bad tempered and would even prompt pounding toward oneself state of mind (Psych Central.com, 2014). REBT is a pragmatic methodology to help people in taking care of and vanquishing troubles and in addition