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The young man was turned down for a date by all 100
women, but he did accomplish something. His fear of rejection by
women was not as strong as it had been, and he no longer had a great fear of talking to them. He
had overcome one of his strongest emotional struggles.
This young man's name was Albert Ellis. He went on to become a well-known therapist
who developed similar c(K. Meichenbaum, 1973, 1972)ognitive behavioral techniques used in
his rational emotive behavior therapy.
Rational emotive behavior therapy was one of the first cognitive behavior therapies. It is also
known as REBT. It is a form of cognitive behavior therapy that emphasizes reorganizing
cognitive and emotional functions, redefining problems, and changing attitudes in order to
develop more acceptable patterns(Claudia, 2008).
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) is a type of therapy introduced by Albert Ellis in the
1950s. It’s an approach that helps you identify irrational beliefs and negative thought patterns
that may lead to emotional or behavioral issues.
Once you’ve identified these patterns, a therapist will help you develop strategies to replace them
with more rational thought patterns(Company, 2005)
REBT can be particularly helpful for people living with a variety of issues, including:
depression procrastination
anxiety disordered eating habits
Then
D = Disputation (if one has held an irrational belief which has caused unhealthy.(if one has held
an irrational belief which has caused unhealthy consequences, they must dispute that belief and
turn it into a rational belief)
E = New Effect (the disputation has turned the irrational belief into a rational belief, and the
person now has healthier consequences of their belief as a result)
REBT focus on the personal cognition, emotion and behavior components. Each have specific
techniques. List of techniques are respective as follow
Disputing irrational beliefs is the primary method of REBT. There are different kinds of
disputations:
1. Functional disputes – questioning whether the belief helps accomplish desired goals.
2. Empirical disputes – questioning whether the “facts” are accurate.
3. Logical disputes – questioning the logic of thinking processes.
4. Philosophical disputes – (Which is not philosophical I the technical sense)
questioning whether despite dissatisfactions if some pleasure can be derived from life
anyway.
Making rational coping statements is the next step after disputing the irrational beliefs. The
deeper and more profound the statements, the more helpful they are likely to be. 67
1. reinforcements
2. penalties
3. shame-attacking exercises
4. skill training
5. paradoxical homework
6. relapse prevention
7. in vivo desensitization
8. staying in difficult situations
9. acting on rational beliefs
Rational Emotive Imagery (REI), a technique devised by Dr. Albert Ellis. This technique
is used to better understand how we were thinking, feeling, and behaving in a situation, as well
as to practice how we would rather think, feel, and behave. Imagery not only allows us to
practice utilizing new skills before putting ourselves into situations, but also helps us to practice
new emotional and behavioral reactions when we do not have access to certain situations. Thus,
imagery provides a context for practicing behavioral and cognitive techniques when in vivo
options are not available. Cognitive, behavioral, and emotional changes may not happen in a day
but the more time we spend identifying and disputing our irrational beliefs, as well as practice
our new rational alternatives; the more natural it will feel.(Kazdin, (1973))
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Role playing
Role playing is a technique, most often utilized in psychotherapy
and skills training, whereby the child\client is instructed to reenact
a response encountered in a specified situation.
There are both emotional and behavioral components in role playing .Clients can rehearse
certain behaviors to bring out what they feel in a situation with the therapist in a presumed
environment. The focus is on working through the underlying irrational beliefs that are related to
unpleasant feelings. (Michele)
In a therapy session, a client who is dreading an interview, the therapist takes on the role
of the interviewer. By analyzing his\her responses after enacting the most-scene, the client can
see what she\he tends to do.
Here, the psychotherapist help the client by playing a role of interviewer in this way the
psychotherapist is trying to calm down the client and help him\her by taking him\her out of the
fear of interview just by performing and activity of interview session.
Role-playing takes place between two or more people, who act out roles to explore a particular
scenario.
It's most useful to help you or your team prepare for unfamiliar or difficult situations. For
example, you can use it to practice sales meetings, interviews, presentations , or emotionally
difficult conversations, such as when you're resolving conflict .
By acting scenarios like these out, you can explore how other people are likely to respond to
different approaches; and you can get a feel for approaches that are likely to work, and for those
that might be counter-productive. You can also get a sense of what other people are likely to be
thinking and feeling in the situation.
Also, by preparing for a situation using role-play, you build up experience and self-
confidence with handling the situation in real life, and you can develop quick and instinctively
correct reactions to situations. This means that you'll react effectively as situations evolve, rather
than making mistakes or becoming overwhelmed by events.
You can also use role-play to spark brainstorming sessions, to improve communication
between team members, and to see problems or situations from different perspectives.
Role-Play Example
In an effort to improve customer support, John, Customer Service Manager for Mythco
Technologies, sets up a team role-playing session. Acting as the leader/trainer, John brings
together a group of software developers and customer support representatives.
He divides the 12 people into two groups: Group A represents the customer support
representatives; Group B represents the customer.
John tells Group A that the customer in this situation is one of Mythco's longest-standing
customers. This customer accounts for nearly 15 percent of the company's overall annual
revenue. In short, the company cannot afford to lose her business!
John tells Group B that the customer has recently received a software product that did not
live up to expectations. While the customer has a long-standing relationship with Mythco, this
time she's growing weary because Mythco has previously sold her faulty software on two
separate occasions. Clearly, her relationship with Mythco is in jeopardy.
Next – with this particular approach to role-play – each group sends forth an "actor" to
take part in the role-play. The actor receives support and coaching from members of the team
throughout the role-playing process. Each team is able to take time-outs and regroup quickly as
needed.
John runs through the scenario several times, starting with the "customer" behaving
gently and ending with the customer behaving aggressively. Each time, a best solution is found.
Of course, John can always ask for additional role-playing and suggestions if he feels that the
process needs to continue, or that the team has yet to uncover the very best solutions.
Once it's clear that they cannot identify any more solutions, John brings the two groups
together and discusses the session. During this, they discuss the strategies and the solutions that
the actors implemented, and how they could apply them to a real-life situation.
John also asks each team to write a short summary of what they learned from the
exercise. He then combines the summaries and provides a copy of everything learned to all
participants.
“Strictly speaking, role reversal means precisely what it says: a reversal of roles: a
daughter reversing roles with her mother, a husband with his wife, a student with his teacher or a
persecutor with his victim”.(Kellerman, 1994)
Let’s consider the following interchange between two group members, Philip and Pamela.
It started out by Philip coming late to a psychodrama session. Pamela told Philip that she
resented him for not coming in time and that she felt Philip was not serious about the group.
'I don't understand what you are angry about', Philip responded. 'I was in an important
meeting and it was impossible for me to come here earlier.' 'Well, then I'll explain', Pamela
snapped. 'I expect you to come on time to our sessions, but you always have good excuses for
coming late and you don't consider what it does to the group.' 'I'm sorry you are upset', Philip
said, 'but you are such a nuisance when you don't get what you want.' 'I didn't come here to be
insulted', Pamela yelled, now red in the face and apparently upset. 'You are such an idiot. . .'. 'Oh
really', Philip said with thinly disguised irritation. 'You're not precisely a genius yourself.' 'Don't
"Oh really" me!' Pamela answered, leaning forwards in her chair. 'I'm warning you, Philip, if you
don't come in time next week, we will lock the door and leave you outside!' Philip looked at
Pamela with wrathful indignation. 'If you want me out of the group, just say so!'
The friction between Pamela and Philip gradually escalated until it reached a point of
mutual resentment. What had started out as a personal disappointment rapidly developed into an
open confrontation with mutual misunderstandings, insults and a search for revenge. The
interaction surprised the group who had no idea what had hit it. The group leader, himself
startled by the rapid eruption of tensions, tried to remain calm while reflecting on something
suitable to say or to do. In an attempt to work out the differences between them, he suggested
that Philip and Pamela reverse roles with one another. After some initial resistance, Philip and
Pamela agreed to reverse roles and, as they
slowly warmed up to the role of the other, they repeated the earlier exchange of
accusations. Before long, however, they started to argue as vehemently as before, but from their
opposite positions. When they had finally ventilated their anger and expressed their fantasies
about what was going on within the other person, they became silent, looking seriously at one
another. It became clear that something else was going on between them besides the apparent
fight; a kind of appreciation and attraction of differences, Suddenly they started to smile and
Philip (still in the role of Pamela) said: 'You're a bastard Philip! You don't care about anyone
except yourself.' 'Well, I'm glad you care about me', Pamela answered in the role of Philip. 'I
wish more people would care as much as you do.' 'I'm sorry I hurt your feelings', Philip
responded as himself, now falling out of role. 'I didn't know you cared so much!' 'Well, I do',
Pamela said, 'that's why I get so offended when you come late. If you want me to continue to
care, please come on time next week.(john.D, 2004)
Humor
“Comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however
unreasonable such wishes might be.” (Norrick, 1993.)
A universal theory is that good humor should be unexpected and incongruent; things that
don’t belong together should appear funny when put together. However, not everything
surprising can be deemed funny. Tripping over a friend’s foot is surprising but decidedly not
funny. Another quirk about humor is that the very funny among us are more open to experience,
more curious in general, and may even enjoy a higher than average IQ.
Being a therapist one should know that when the situation becomes boring, dull, hostile
or any other then pleasant situation. Psychologist should use appropriate and good humor. To
cheer up the client. It’s necessary to maintain pleasant atmosphere of session.
Encouragement
As highly interactive therapists, we often tend to think that
providing encouragement for our clients is a natural part of
the therapeutic relationship. After all, encouragement is
generally supposed to come naturally to those of us who
choose a helping profession. However, we may sometimes
forget that encouragement is important not only in
promoting change but in acknowledging it also.
Example
If the client is completing all the homework assignments on time, Psychologist must encourage
him/her.
Used for:
Encouragement can be used for phobias, anxiety, depression, and other related disorders.
Encounter Exercises
Encounter exercises are experiential processes which are often used to elicit and address
cognitive, emotive, and behavioral issues during a session. These types of exercises are usually
used in group and workshop settings because they require more than just one person.
Example
For example, in the Improving Interpersonal Skills workshop at the Institute, we often have
group members move around the room interacting with each other based on an emotion or trait
that others' have taped to their backs. Members are not aware of what is written on the card
affixed to their back. One card may read "angry," others may say "shy" or "funny" or
"depressed."
After several minutes of interacting with each other, group members return to their seats
and are asked to try to identify what the cards on their backs say. Once they have correctly
identified their "traits" or "emotions," they are asked to process the experience of being treated as
they were during the exercise. The purpose of this encounter exercise is to explore social cues
and interpersonal communications.
Beneficial for:
The encounter exercises are used for OCD, anxiety, and phobias.
LEARNING FROM MISTAKES: Think of a situation which you did not handle well. Close
your eyes and bring up the feelings and thoughts you had at the time. Open your eyes and jot
them down. Share them with the group and let them help to identify any thought distortions.
What would you like to have happened? Develop a list of rational beliefs and coping statements
which might have been helpful.
COMPREHENSIVE SELF-INVENTORY: Have each person use paper and pencil to assess
their strengths and weaknesses, have them star the weaknesses which they think might be
remediable.
INTRODUCTION EXERCISE: Have individuals finish each sentence, "One thing I'm hoping
to gain personally from this meeting.." "One thing I'm hoping to gain professionally from this
meeting.."
ROUND OF APPLAUSE: (K. Davis & Newstrom, 1981)Have participants applaud something
or someone they are grateful for. Leader continues to lead standing ovations, whistles, cheering
for positive things/people.
HOTSEAT: One at a time, members take the "seat" and as many other participants as want to
give feedback. Person remains silent. (Variation: Each participant gives positive feedback and
constructive criticism to each hotseat person.).
POSITIVE TALK Each member is asked to talk positively about himself for a full 2 minutes.
(If he qualifies or modifies what he says, he gets a penalty of an additional 30
seconds.)(Willium.T.P & Suzzan)
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