Re: RET & Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

RET has been known as REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy) for some years. Because it is both a method of psychotherapy and a detailed theory of human behaviour, it is not possible to describe in a few words. An on-line article you might like to look at can be found at: http://www.voyager.co.nz/~rational/docs-prof/intro-rebt.htm .

Briefly, REBT is one of the two main types of CBT (the other being Beck's 'Cognitive Therapy' (CT). Both approaches claim that cognition is a significant cause of human emotions and behaviours, and that dysfunctional reactions can be modified by using a combination of cognitive and behavioural change strategies.

The differences between REBT and CT are not as great as they may appear - once you discover how the two approaches often describe the same thing using different terminology. Some of the attributed differences are in fact illusionary and are frequently due to misunderstandings arising from terminology.

I have been practicing a combined REBT / CT model now for some years and have written two books based on that model. I think that there is much to be learned from both, though I think it is helpful for them to still retain their own identities in order to facilitate the development that can arise from diversity.

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