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Reasons are given for changing the name of Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and for bringing its behavioral aspects into more prominence.
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Excerpted from “Changing Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT).Behavior Therapist, 1994,16(10), 1–2, and fromReason and Emotion in Psychotherapy, Rev ed. updated. New York Carol Publishing, 1994. Reprinted with permission.
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Ellis, A. Changing rational-emotive therapy (RET) to rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). J Rational-Emot Cognitive-Behav Ther 13, 85–89 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02354453
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