Chapter 180: Objectifying Subjective Matters to Face Them Better

The "Rational Emotive Therapy," also known as "Reasonable Belief Therapy," is the most representative method within the Cognitive-behavioral Sect. The theoretical foundation of this therapy posits that people's emotional and behavioral reactions are not caused by a specific event itself but by their cognition, interpretation, and evaluation of the event.

The reason it's also called the "ABC model" is that this therapy involves three elements: Activating event (A), Belief (B), and Emotional and Behavioral Consequences (C).

The "Rational Emotive Therapy" analyzes the entire process from the occurrence of an event to the emotional and behavioral consequences using the aforementioned A, B, and C elements, identifying the problems to correct the beliefs accordingly.

Nan Zhubin looked at the visitor in front of him, who wrote down "A," "B," and "C" in sequence on the paper, and said slowly: