01 What kinds of things can rational thinking help with?

You have come here seeking help for your personal issue in life. Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT - cognitive/behavioural) helps in many different areas.

With what problems can REBT help?

REBT has been successfully used to help people with a range of life issues using a variety of helpful techniques.

Typical life issues it can help you with:

1. Depression


2. General anxiety


3. Specific anxiety disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, and specifc phobias


4. Eating disorders


5. Addictions


6. Post traumatic stress disorder


7. Sexual dysfunction


8. Anger management


9. Impulse control disorders


10. Suicidal feelings


11. Anti-social behaviour


12. Jealousy


13. Sexual abuse recovery


14. Personality disorders


15. Adjustment to chronic health problems, physical disability, mental disorder


16. Pain management


17. General Stress Management


18. Child or adolescent behaviour disorders


19. Relationship and Family problems

Personal Growth or Life Coaching
REBT can also be used to facilitate personal growth as in life coaching. It contains detailed principles (for example, enlightened self-interest, self-acceptance, risk-taking) which can be used to help people develop and act on a more functional philosophy of life.

Workplace Effectiveness
It is also being increasingly used to achieve workplace effectiveness – Dr. Dominic DiMattia has developed a variation of REBT known as Rational Effectiveness Training which is increasingly used in the workplace to aid worker and managerial effectiveness.

Interaction with an REBT therapist
The most common setting for REBT is for a therapist to see an individual client, but it is also used extensively in group work, for which REBT is eminently suited. REBT is also frequently used with couples, and there is a growing literature on REBT family therapy. A newer development is the use of REBT in non-clinical settings in the workplace and now in newer developments such as Online Counselling work.

NOTE
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