Randall D. Ordovich Clarkson, MD May 7, 2022 Introduction to Rational Emotive Behavioral Theory Rational Emotive Behavioral Theory (#REBT) was developed by Albert #Ellis as a way to provide an alternative to #psychoanalytic theory in an effort to, “dispensed with the slow, laborious methods such as free association and dream analysis” (Murdock, 2017, p. 269). One of the key principles of REBT is that we have the ability to change the perception of noxious stimuli in our lives
