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Vol IX, No. 1

(2006) NO 1. Vol VI Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies

RATIONALITY AND REBT

RATIONALITY AND REBT

Arthur STILL*

University of Edinburgh

Abstract
This paper looks at the logical background to Ellis’s use of ‘rational’ and ‘rationality’, and why this use is so relevant to the importance of REBT. It explores two fundamental and apparently contrasting usages, referred to here as disciplinary and emancipatory rationality (discrat and emanrat), and their interplay in REBT.

Key words: REBT, disciplinary rationality (discrat), emancipatory rationality (emanrat)

Pages: 5-10