Rational Emotive Therapy Paper

The main goal of therapy is to assist a client with solving their problems and to improve the overall quality of the clients life. A therapist must engage their client , listen and observe both verbal and nonverbal forms of communication to asses their clients needs. In a period of one year approximately 30% of the United States population of adults will meet the criteria for diagnosis of a psychological disorder. How’s that 30% of adults 15% will receive mental health services (Paladino,2013, p.536).Treating psychological disorders or just using a therapeutic approach when coping with certain challenges that arise in daily living requires various approaches to meet a variety of needs and personalities. Three approaches to therapy, Gestalt, client centered and rational emotive therapy were used on one client named Gloria to achieve a similar goal. Gloria is a 30-year-old over recently divorced mother who is currently seeking therapy to address various personal troubles in her life. Albert Ellis, Carl Rodgers and Fritz Perls are therapists that addressed Gloria with different therapeutic …show more content…
This approach is a stretch of behaviorism . The past is not a main focus when using this approach. An individual is taught that negative beliefs contribute to negative outcomes and positive beliefs lead to positive outcomes (“Rational Emotive Therapy”.2016) . False statements about oneself are thought to cause guilt and depression. The steps followed in this video for Rational Emotive Therapy were quickly getting to the philosophical core of the clients problem, explore declarative statements and assign homework (to change behaviors/thoughts). The approach applies scientific method to life.The individual is encouraged to learn and to think for themselves for the rest of their life ( Albert Ellis and