RATIONAL-EMOTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY

Abstract

A workshop in rational-emotive psychotherapy was given, mainly through the means of live demonstrations with individuals who volunteered to bring up personal problems in front of the audience. Dr. Ellis interviewed several individuals who brought up their problems of hostility. He attempted to show them that this hostility was not caused by the precipitating events-at point A-that occured to them, and that they believed brought on their angry feelings at point C. Instead, he tried to show them their own interpretations, or internalized philosophies, at point B, were the true cause of their feelings at point C.