Stoicism and Rational-Emotive Behaviour Therapy

Review of “REBT a Newcomer’s Guide” by Matweychuk and Dryden

Review of “REBT a Newcomer’s Guide” by Matweychuk and Dryden

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is the main precursor of modern cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). (Or the earliest form of CBT, depending on how you look at it.) It was developed in the late 1950s by Albert Ellis, who subsequently wrote dozens of books on the subject. Ellis had a f…