A corrective note on O'Donohue and Szymanski's study of logical analysis and REBT's use of empirical hypothesis testing as well as logical analysis

This article acknowledges the contribution of O'Donohue and Szymanski's study showing that the logical analysis of irrational beliefs that rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) favors may be more effective than the empirical hypothesis testing that cognitive therapy (CT) favors. It points out, however, that logical analysis and empirical hypothesis testing include overlapping concepts and procedures. REBT, though favoring logical analysis, actually uses empirical hypothesis testing too.