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TO WHAT EXTEND THE GUIDANCE/COUNSELING TEACHER APPLY RATIONAL-EMOTIVE THERAPY(RET) IN SOLVING PUPILS PROBLEMS

Rational-emotive therapy (RET)

Develop by a researcher ALBERT ELLIS

There is virtually nothing in which I delight more, says Albert Ellis, than throwing myself into a good and difficult problem.

 Rational emotive behavior therapy is a direct and efficient problem-solving method, well suited to Ellis personality. His self-assurance some would even say arrogance enables him to confront his clients about their beliefs and tell them what is rational and what isnt. The success of his clinical practice, his training institute, and his books testify that his methods work for many and that he is one of Americas most influential therapists. Ellis was born in Pittsburgh in 1913 and raised in New York City. He made the best of a difficult childhood by using his head and becoming, in his words, a stubborn and pronounced problem-solver.

RET
Peoples beliefs strongly affect their emotional functioning. In particular, certain irrational beliefs made people feel depressed, anxious or angry and led to self-defeating behaviors. in most cases, human do not merely get upset by unfortunate things/situations, but also by how they construct their views of reality through their language, evaluative beliefs, meanings and philosophies about the world, themselves and others.

BELIEF
The word belief means a conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something. So a belief is a thought with an emotional component (conviction) and a factual component (truth, actuality or validity). Having a negative belief is not necessarily a bad thing; however, when one believes in something that is false, a negative belief tends to become what Ellis called an irrational belief. Irrational beliefs are not friendly to happiness and contentment and are definitely unhelpful for getting ones basic desires for love and approval, comfort and achievement or success met.

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11 Irrational beliefs listed by Allis

1. It is a necessity for adult humans to be loved or approved by virtually every significant other person in their community. 2. One absolutely must be competent, adequate and achieving in all important respects or else one is an inadequate, worthless person. 3. People absolutely must act considerately and fairly and they are damnable villains if they do not. They are their bad acts. 4. It is awful and terrible when things are not the way one would very much like them to be.

5. Emotional disturbance is mainly externally caused and people have little or no ability to increase or decrease their dysfunctional feelings and behaviors. 6. If something is or may be dangerous or fearsome, then one should be constantly and excessively concerned about it and should keep dwelling on the possibility of it occurring. 7. One cannot and must not face life's responsibilities and difficulties and it is easier to avoid them. 8. One must be quite dependent on others and need them and you cannot mainly run one's own life.

9. One's past history is an all-important determiner of one's present behavior and because something once strongly affected one's life, it should indefinitely have a similar effect. 10.Other people's disturbances are horrible and one must feel upset about them. 11.There is invariably a right, precise and perfect solution to human problems and it is awful if this perfect solution is not found.

Elliss 3 main irrational beliefs:

1. I must be outstandingly competent, or I am worthless. 2. Others must treat me considerately, or they are absolutely rotten. 3. The world should always give me happiness, or I will die.

SO, what can the counseling or guidance teacher can do?

use his or her skills to argue against these irrational ideas in therapy, or, even better, leads the client to make the arguments For example, he/she may ask...

1. Is there any evidence for this belief? 2. What is the evidence against this belief? 3. What is the worst that can happen if you give up this belief? 4. And what is the best that can happen?

Mark TRUE or FALSE for the sentences below.

1. I must have love or approval from all the people I find significant 2. I must be thoroughly competent, adequate and achieving. 3. When people act obnoxiously or unfairly, they should be blamed for being bad, wicked, or rotten individuals. 4. When I am seriously frustrated, treated unfairly or rejected, I must view the situation as awful, terrible, horrible and catastrophic.

 5. Emotional misery comes from external pressures and I have little ability to control or change my feelings. 6. If something seems dangerous or fearsome, I must preoccupy myself with it and make myself anxious about it. 7. It is better to avoid facing my difficulties and responsibilities than it is to use self-discipline to obtain rewarding things. 8. It is awful and horrible if I do not find good solutions to lifes grim realities.

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REFERENCES
A.lefton, L. (1994). psychology. united states: paramount publishing. Baron, r. a. (2008). PSYCHOLOGY from Science to practice. united states of America: Pearson education. Davis, S. F. (2007). psychology. new jersey: Pearson education. G.Morris, C. (1996). Understanding psychology. united state: Prentice-Hall. Huffman, K. (1997). Psychology in Action. Canada: John Wiley and sons, inc.