Abstract
Rational-emotive therapy (RET) as group psychotherapy began almost as early as individual RET. In 1955, Albert Ellis, who had been trained as a psychoanalyst and who already was well known as a sex and marriage counselor, became dissatisfied with the results he obtained from employing psychoanalytic principles. Therefore, he (Ellis, 1962) took the bold step of directly confronting patients with their self-defeating philosophies, of actively arguing against their ideas, and of assigning behavioral and cognitive homework for them to practice their newly adopted ways of thinking and acting.
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Wessler, R.L. (1983). Rational-Emotive Therapy in Groups. In: Freeman, A. (eds) Cognitive Therapy with Couples and Groups. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9736-7_3
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