| Abstract: | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) seem to have much in common. For example,
they both seek to increase client’s willingness to accept inevitable, unpleasant experience. However, the techniques the therapies
use to increase acceptance are often quite different. Building on the philosophical and theoretical framework presented in
the previous paper, we discuss the major practical differences between ACT and REBT. We then suggest some concrete ways that
the two approaches can be integrated. Such integration may greatly expand the sorts of techniques that a therapist can effectively
use in the therapy room.
Address correspondence to Joseph Ciarrochi, Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia |
