Chapter Nine: REBT
1. Ellis seemed to have had a propensity toward handling difficult times in a ________ and _________
manner.
2. As a young adult, Ellis was married twice, involved with many others and saw these experiences as
critical to his understanding of __________ and how to avoid being driven by the neediness that
sometimes results when strong feelings towards another are not reciprocated.
3. Perhaps it was his parents’ _________ that led Ellis on his way to becoming one of the greatest
therapists of all time.
4. Early in his career, Ellis gained notoriety from this expertise and saw himself as a ______________.
5. Due to Ellis’ various __________ and _________, he became an avid reader of many different
philosophies and “cured himself” using a variety of self-taught methods.
6. Ellis began to increasingly see himself as a ______________ and no longer associated himself with
psychoanalysis.
7. In 1955, Ellis first called his approach rational therapy, and was soon seen as the first to practice
____________ therapy.
8. Although called a cognitive therapist, Ellis always said that thinking, feelings, and ________ go hand-
in-hand, and over the years his approach began to incorporate more behavioral and feeling techniques.
9. Which is not true about Ellis’ theory?
10. Which is not true of Ellis?
11. Ellis has identified a number of mechanisms which cause us to _____________ events and which we
use to indoctrinate ourselves into thinking irrationally.
12. Believing we are __________ human beings who have the potential for rational or irrational
thinking is the basis for the REBTs view of human nature.
13. Which of the following philosophies or tenets did Ellis identify as the individual’s way of developing
an understanding of the world?
14. Which of the following is not an REBT key concept?
15. All but which of the following mechanisms, identified by Ellis, cause us to cognitively distort events
which we use to indoctrinate ourselves into thinking irrationally?
16. REBT can be described by which of the following words?
17. REBT therapists believe that rational thinking leads to healthy ways of living, and results in people
who show ________________ of self, of others, and of the way things are.
18. REBT therapists give clients unconditional acceptance and also teach them how to give it
to______________.
19. REBT therapists view _______________ as the root of negative emotions.
20. Although early child-rearing practices, family dynamics, societal influences, and innate biology tend
to be the basis for the development of __________________, REBT therapists believe that it is the
individual who sustains his or her unique way of thinking.
21 According to REBT, the use of _____________ adds unnecessary stress to an individual because it
assumes that a person should, must, or ought to act in a certain manner.
22.Which of the following mechanisms is not one of Ellis’s cognitive distortion of events mechanisms?
23. Which is not one of Ellis’ three “core,” “masturbatory” or “grandiose” irrational beliefs?
24. Which is true relative to Ellis’s twelve irrational beliefs and three core irrational beliefs?
25. In Ellis’ “ABCDEs,” which is not correct?
26. In which of the following methods does the therapist lead the discussion, asks questions, and gently
challenge the client to see how his or her thinking is illogically leading to emotional distress?
27. The most commonly used emotive disputation in REBT is called _____________________.
28. Asking the client to close their eyes and focus intensely on the situation that is causing them
extreme emotional upset and then working on changing a self-defeating emotion to an appropriate
emotion is called:
29. _______________ occurs when therapists suggest to their clients that they examine their current
way of understanding their thinking, feeling, and behavioral processes.
30. REBT therapists will sometimes use _________ to help clients see the ridiculousness of their “plight.”
31. With the intent of maintaining the new, more rational belief system, the REBT therapist may use
techniques done at home, such as:
32. Using the ____________________ to help clients rationally examine their philosophical precepts,
REBT therapists believe it is important to identify cognitive distortions as well and their accompanying
irrational beliefs.
33. Through Socratic dialogue or philosophical discourse, clients are ____________ to show evidence
that their irrational beliefs are true.
34. The REBT therapist gathers information from the client to assess how the client distorts events and
uses irrational thinking by using all but which of the following methods?
35. Once a client has accepted the irrationality of his or her beliefs, he or she can begin to experiment
with new ways of:
36. One role of the REBT therapist is to challenge the client to take on a _________approach to living.
37. Which of the following is not a major technique of REBT therapists?
38. The REBT therapists will actively teach the philosophy of REBT by:
39. Which is not an REBT technique?
40. REBT therapists use _____________, _______________, and _____________ disputations.
41. The purpose of disputations is:
42. The acronym “DIBS” stands for:
43. In demonstrating the ABCs of feeling and behaving, which is true:
44. Performing a _____________________, which involves the purposeful acting out of a situation that
might normally cause embarrassment, is a behavioral technique that reinforces the fact that approval
from others is not necessary for self-acceptance.
45. Which of the following is not an REBT technique?
46. Which of the following would least likely be used by an REBT therapist?
47. Which of the following is important to the therapeutic relationship of the REBT counselor?
48. The job of the therapist is to work towards which of the following?
48. The assessment process, which is _________________, allows the therapist to consider how the
ABCD & Es apply to the client’s situation.
49. The therapeutic process requires a series of steps, which include all but which of the following?
50. The REBT therapeutic process includes all but which of the following steps?
51. Assessment occurs in a number of ways which include all but which of the following?
52. The five steps of rational emotive behavior therapy include all but which of the following?
53. Relative to cross-cultural counseling, which is not true of REBT?
54. Ellis gives reasons why REBT is particularly suited well for religious people. Which reason(s) does he
not suggest?
55. REBT fits well with managed health care systems due to which of the following?
56. Relative to the efficacy of REBT, which is not true?
True/ False
1. Irrational thoughts can be replaced with rational ones and new ways of feeling and behaving can be
4. Ellis’s three core irrational beliefs are responsible for the creation of an individual’s cognitive
5. By actively disputing the client’s current way of thinking, and by teaching the client how to dispute his
6. An event may be distorted by a number of mechanisms which will cause us to think irrationally about
7. REBT therapists show clients that when emotional distress is related to relationships, the problem lies
outside of the client, and thus the client should learn how to detach themselves from the negative
8. As clients learn the REBT philosophy, they realize that many of their cognitions, behaviors, and
11. REBT therapists will often actively encourage their clients to practice many techniques at home,
12. REBT therapists will sometimes use metaphors and stories in an effort to illustrate and reinforce
13. REBT therapists use a rational, scientific approach where they show clients, through role-plays, how
14. To reinforce the understanding of the REBT philosophy, pamphlets, books, internet resources, and