REBT with families

Abstract

A pioneer in the field of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Albert Ellis helped shape the landscape of psychotherapy with his development of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. Starting his career as a psychoanalyst, Ellis later began introducing REBT approaches into his work with families, becoming one of the first psychotherapists to utilize cognitive behavioral interventions in the context of family therapy (Dattilio, Epstein, & Baucom, in Case studies in couple and family therapy: systemic & cognitive perspectives. The Guilford Press, New York, NY, pp. 1-36, 1998).