Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy created by Albert Ellis. REBT was one of the first types of cognitive therapies and was initially called rational therapy. In 1959 the name was changed to Rational Emotive Therapy and did not take on its current name, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, until 1992. REBT is based on the belief that feeling upset is not caused by an event but rather by our beliefs about the event that disturbs us. . Problems occur when people have irrational beliefs about external or internal effects. The goal of REBT is to help people change illogical beliefs and negative thinking to transcend psychological problems and mental distress. “According to Albert Ellis and REBT, the vast majority of us want to be happy” (Ross, 2006). People want to be happy in all situations, alone and with others, we want jobs that we can enjoy and jobs that pay well and various other goods. When life throws someone a curveball, you react one of two ways: healthy or unhealthy. To ensure you react to life's unexpected events, the ABC model was developed. The ABC model is used to show how beliefs cause emotional and behavioral reactions. An activating event is what happened to you, what your “camera” saw. B, or beliefs about the activating event, is what you tell yourself when the event occurred. C, consequences, are how you feel and how you act based on your beliefs. An example of this would be A, you are falsely accused of stealing at your school and could be expelled from school. That's why you believe, B, that I have to defend myself, I can't give up my education. So C, you feel anxious and scared. When you use A...... middle of paper ......l as a set of techniques that can be used with clients and that can also be applied when using other forms of therapy. REBT is applicable to the external environment and can also work with clients in individual, group, family or couples counseling. Because of REBT's short and effective use, as well as its ability to be applied to many forms of therapy, especially in outdoor settings, I have chosen it to be my theoretical orientation at this point in my Adventure Therapy career. Work Cited Ross, W (2006). What is restitution?. Retrieved from http://www.rebtnetwork.org/whatis.htmlCherry, K. (n.d.). Rational emotional behavioral therapy. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/typesofpsychotherapy/a/rational-emotive-behavior-therapy.htmCorey, G. (2011). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy. (ninth ed., pp. 291-301). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.