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Cognitive–Behavioral Therapies (CBT) are currently considered (Hofmann, Asnaani, Vonk, Sawyer, & Fang, 2012) effective treatments for child and adolescent psychopathology. The very first form of CBT is Rational–Emotive and Cognitive–Behavior Therapy (RE Ellis, 1962).
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PsyPills for the Retman group (Gavita & Calin, 2013; based on David, 2010)
“Psychological pill” for regulating anxiety, panic, fear, and worry:
I would like things to be different, but I know that my wish does not necessarily come true just because I want to.
I can accept the fact that in life bad or unwanted things can happen to me, even if it is unpleasant and I did everything possible to avoid them.
It is very unpleasant that something like this happened to me, but it is not the worst thing possible.
I think I can handle even worse situations than what I am facing now.
It is very unpleasant, but is not awful if in this situation I will not be able to be in control like I would want to.
It is bad but not catastrophic to feel this kind of emotions.
It is unpleasant but not awful to have this type of thoughts.
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Cristea, I.A., Stefan, S., David, O., Mogoase, C., Dobrean, A. (2016). Rational Stories for Children. A Rational Emotive Education Protocol for Approaching Anxiety in Children and Adolescents Based on the Stories Book The Retmagic and Wonderful Adventures of Retman . In: REBT in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adults. SpringerBriefs in Psychology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18419-7_5
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