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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Italy
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in Italy started to be disseminated in the early 1970s, and from there, it has been continued to develop. This evolution has included integrating a number of different approa...
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How B-C Connection, Negotiation of F and Rationale of D Allow the Design and Implementation of a Cooperative and Effective Disputing in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
In Albert Ellis’ rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT; DiGiuseppe et al., A Practioner’s guide to rational emotive behavior therapy. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2014; Ellis, Reason and emotion in ps...
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An Investigation of Sequencing Effects in Combining Cognitive Questioning and Mindful Acceptance
Cognitive-behavioral treatments assume that the mechanisms of change depend on the assessment and questioning of biased beliefs. In contrast, recent developments have emphasized mindful acceptance intervention...
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Irrational and Metacognitive Beliefs Mediate the Relationship Between Content Beliefs and GAD Symptoms: A Study on a Normal Population
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) models show both similarities and differences in conceptualizing anxiety. This work assumes that REB...
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When REBT Goes Difficult: Applying ABC-DEF to Personality Disorders
ABC-DEF framework is at the core of rational emotive behavior therapy. It is a highly flexible framework and has proven to be applicable to many emotional disorders. We cannot take for granted, however, that t...
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Practicing REBT in Italy: Cultural Aspects
This paper attempts to explore the cultural background for the adoption and practice of REBT by cognitive therapists in Italy since the 1980s. It is not an attempt to capture the history of Italian culture and...
