Rational Emotive Behavior Theory

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    Other assumptionsRational-Emotive-Behavior Theory
When Ellis presented his theory in the mid 1950′s (Ellis, 1962),                                                                     He also assumed   on  the role of cognition in emotional disturbance had not been fully addressed by the field of psychology.  Ellis developed REB theory and therapy in reaction to what he saw as the inadequate techniques of psychoanalysis and behaviorism.  He attributed the deficiency in the two camps’ techniques to their conceptualization of personality and emotional disturbance.  In particular, Ellis felt that by ignoring the role thinking played in emotional disturbance both psychoanalytic and behavior theory failed to explain how humans originally became disturbed and how they remained disturbed.Posted  by EDWIN JANE TEKU/BEDCP/101480