Wednesday 27 January 2016

Using rational emotive therapy to treat a patient with depression and anxiety


An psychiatrist is using rational emotive therapy to treat a patient with depression and anxiety. An effective strategy for helping the patient recognize the connections between affect, cognition, and behavior is to: 

A. Focus on mindfulness techniques. 
B. Provide an injunction to address assumptions. 
C. Reinforce behaviors that have a sense of self-efficacy. 
D. Substitute reality-oriented interpretations for the distorted thoughts.

Ans, D. Substitute reality-oriented interpretations for the distorted thoughts.
Rational emotive behavior therapy REBT. , previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is a comprehensive, active-directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioral problems

and disturbances and enabling people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives. REBT was created and developed by the American