REBT
REBT therapy
REBT therapy targets the rigid beliefs behind strong distress. Albert Ellis developed it, and Enhance uses it alongside CBT in Orange County.
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REBT and CBT
What is the difference between REBT and CBT?
REBT is a type of CBT. CBT looks at many kinds of unhelpful thoughts, while REBT focuses on rigid demands, such as the words must and should.
The ABC model
A is an event, such as running late, and B is your belief about it, such as 'I must never slip.' C is the feeling that follows, often shame or panic, and the belief is the part you can change.
Questioning the belief
With your clinician, you question the must out loud and practice a more flexible belief in its place. The tone is direct, but it is never an attack on you.
Having a rigid belief is not your fault. REBT teaches you to question the belief, not to blame yourself for having it.
Where it is used
REBT in addiction and mental health care
REBT is used in individual and group sessions at the levels of care below. It is not a separate program with its own schedule.
Inpatient
- Where you sleep
- On site, with clinical staff
- How much of your week
- All of it
- Who it suits
- Needs more than a day program
- What usually comes next
- PHP
Partial hospitalization (PHP)
- Where you sleep
- At home
- How much of your week
- Most of each day
- Who it suits
- Can sleep at home safely
- What usually comes next
- IOP
Intensive outpatient (IOP)
- Where you sleep
- At home
- How much of your week
- Part of the week
- Who it suits
- Stepping down, or working
- What usually comes next
- Outpatient
Outpatient
- Where you sleep
- At home
- How much of your week
- Regular sessions
- Who it suits
- Doing well with therapy
- What usually comes next
- Ongoing care
Your clinician may give you practice between sessions, such as questioning a belief when it comes up during your week.
In session
Beliefs REBT often questions
These are common examples of rigid beliefs. Your clinician works on the ones that actually come up in your life.
- I must be liked, or the day is a failure.
- I should be over this by now.
- A mistake means I am a failure as a person.
- Other people must treat me fairly, or I cannot cope.
- I cannot stand feeling anxious for an hour.
REBT may not be the right fit if
- Questions about your beliefs feel like too much right now.
- You need to feel stable before working on beliefs.
- Your assessment points to a different method.
If there is immediate danger, call 988 or go to the nearest emergency room first.
What it treats
Conditions REBT is used for
REBT does not cure these conditions. It helps you question the beliefs that can keep symptoms going, and each condition has its own page.
What happens when you call
Four steps, and you decide at each one whether to keep going.
You call, or send the form
You tell admissions what is happening and whether you think REBT might fit.
We check your benefits
With your permission we contact your insurer and find out what your plan covers.
You hear what it means
Admissions explains the deductible, the copay and which level your plan supports, in plain terms.
You decide
If you want to go ahead, admissions walks you through what happens next.
Benefits vary from plan to plan, and a verification is not a guarantee of coverage.
(714) 862-1907Cost and coverage
Does insurance cover REBT?
What you pay depends on your deductible, your copay and the level your insurer approves. Admissions checks your benefits with the insurer and tells you the figures before you decide anything.
Plans change, so admissions confirms coverage with your insurer before anything else happens.
Also in network with
- Cigna
- United Healthcare
- Ambetter
- MHN
- CalPERS
- Covered California
- Pathways
- Vivity
Common questions about REBT
If your question is not answered here, call admissions at (714) 862-1907.
What does the ABC model stand for?
It stands for activating event, belief and consequence. Ellis added two more steps, questioning the belief and practicing a new one, which are sometimes labeled D and E.
What are the stages of REBT?
In practice, REBT follows the ABC model, and then you question the belief and rehearse a new one. Enhance does not teach a separate five-stage model.
Can REBT be used with medication?
Yes. A psychiatric prescriber manages medication and REBT is the therapy, so the two are often used in the same week. Your prescriber and your therapist do not have to be the same person.
Is REBT used for addiction?
Yes. For example, you might believe you cannot get through the night without using. Questioning that belief is part of the work, alongside the rest of your level of care.
Who developed it?
Albert Ellis developed REBT in the 1950s. It is older than most of what people call CBT today, and CBT borrowed some of its ideas.
Ask admissions about REBT
If words like must or should keep showing up in your thinking, mention that on the call. Admissions can tell you whether REBT fits your plan.
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