Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

In this course we went over several therapy approaches. I picked out three therapy approaches that I want to explain what causes and maintains problems in human functioning then I will identify aspects of human interactions that I think are therapeutic. My first therapy approach is REBT. Rational emotive behavior therapy is more focused on getting the individuals to think for themselves verses the counselor’s treatment plan. I want to relate this therapy approach to relationships. Often you seen married couples fighting and they think counseling is going to work out their problems for them. How often do you see that working out? REBT is a form of cognitive behavior therapy and for relationship therapy I believe REBT could help couples. “REBT

“The A-B-C Framework is central to REBT theory and practice. This model provides a useful tool for understanding the clients feelings, thoughts, events and behavior.” (Corey, 2012) For this approach to work properly the clients will need to accept that their beliefs are the cause of their emotions and behaviors. Another therapeutic gesture I would want to do with couples would to assign homework. I would assign them to keep a journal or a notebook for them to write down their feelings and thoughts and then discuss them in the sessions. Homework is intended to bring a positive outlook for the couples and could possibly help with other problems that rose during the relationship. I think it is important for clients to learn how to change one's language in hope to get the clients to understand each other’s needs/preferences. To help in understanding one’s language role-playing will express emotion, cognitive and behavioral components. It would express feelings to different situations such as if a partner cheated or lived

Family therapy focuses on the individual while also incorporating the family as well. Family therapy redefines the individual as a system embedded with many other systems which brings an entirely different prospective to assessment and treatment. (Corey, 2012) In this sense, a family perspective holds that individuals are best understood through assessing the interaction between and among family members. (Corey, 2012) Family therapy approach would be beneficial for families who are affected by substance abuse, divorce, custody battles and more. I will relate this therapy approach to my childhood. My parents always fought. They simply could not raise their children without fighting and the result of the fighting was substance abuse. My mother is an alcoholic and my father is an avid pill taker. My mother was gasoline to the fire so to speak. My parents are still fighting the battle of addiction today. When I was a child there was an incident that changed my childhood. My parents were split up and my father had custody of my sister and I. He would take us to visit our mother every once in a while. Two days before my 4th birthday, my father loaded us up in the car and drove over the mountain to visit our mother. There were no cars in the driveway when we pulled up so dad went and knocked on the door to see if she was home. Tara and I sat in the front seat of the car and waited. All of a sudden a truck pulls into the driveway and