title: Rational emotive behavior therapy: disputing irrational philosophies.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the concepts and techniques of rational emotive behavior therapy to distinguish it from cognitive-behavioral therapy. Rational emotive behavior therapy proposes that psychological disturbance is largely created and maintained through irrational philosophies consisting of internal absolutistic demands. This therapy strives to produce sustained and profound cognitive, emotive, and behavioral change through active, vigorous disputation of underlying irrational philosophies.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. sacksfamily@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Susan Bendersky
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sacks
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D011617:Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive / Q000379:methods*; D012919:Social Behavior