Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to introduce REBT (Ratinal and Emotive Behavioral Therapy), one of the most prominent cognitive and behavioral therapies among counselors and clinical psychologists, on the basis of the present author's long-term studies and practices as a clinical psychologist and a specialist of Oriental (or Chinese) medicine. REBT is inclusive integrative, and eclectic counseling invented by Ellis, A. The characteristics of REBT are as follows: (a) It's main purpose is to let the patients be aware of their implicit incoherence in their personal philosophy. (b) Being based on existential humanistic standpoint, which puts great values on just being and living, admits that human being is incomplete and makes mistakes, encourages to accept and overcome their weaknesses. (c) Emphasises the importance of the roles of emotion and behavior, whose malfunctioning can be recovered by modifying irrational beliefs. This paper ends with the introduction of some of my case studies on (1) atopic dermatitis, (2) eating disorder, and (3) menstrual disorder.
