THE ABC’S OF RATIONAL EMOTIVE
BEHAVIOR THERAPY
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B
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C
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Activating events Past, present (or possible future) adversities or aggravations
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Beliefs Thoughts, attitudes, and assumptions
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Consequences Emotions Actions/behaviors
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Epictetus: “People are disturbed
not by things, but by the views they take of them.”
Shakespeare: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
Milton: “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n”
The Bible (Proverbs 23:7): “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
Pogo: Oliver Hazard Perry, the famous naval commander in the War of 1812, sent a message back to General William Henry Harrison after Perry’s forces had won the Battle of Lake Erie: “We have met the enemy, and they are ours.” This victorious message became a well-known quotation. Then Pogo, Walt Kelly’s comic strip character, applied it to human nature and gave it a humorous twist: “We have met the enemy, and he is us.”
For a thorough description of the ABCs and how to use them, Go Here>>
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Learn more below about psychotherapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
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