Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
It was a long day in the office and I was about to leave when a young lady come running into my office with her mother saying that they needed my assistance, so as the wonderful therapist that I am took out my pen and paper and started listening, the girl I was dealing with is call Adriane and she has recently left for college and is experiencing irrational thoughts and beliefs about her actions,
Adriane is a 18 year old heterosexual African American female that is attending a primary white prestigious school , her mother brought her into my office today because she was worrying about her daughter Adriane. she felt that Adrian has been feeling extremely gloomy, and irritable. Adriane’s mom has also mentioned how depressed Adriane has been feeling. When I asked Adriane why she looked so upset? She denied that she was upset, but she continued to look down upon the floor in silence. I noticed her looking down when she responded but I kept listening to her mother explain more in detail about what’s been going. Then I thought, depression, I thought, how serve the case maybe, but I continued to listen to her I realized that her family does put a lot of pressure on her because she is the first in her family to go to college.
As the conversation went on, I had a one on one with Adriane about what has been going with things. Adriane told me that she was lacking sleep and concentration, and she felt a huge sense of loneliness. I noticed that she opened up to me more today than my previous session with her last time. She also mentioned how she felt as if she wasn’t accepted anywhere.
Adriane had mixed feeling while attending her school, (predominantly white)she had a strong interest in joining a sorority, but Adriane felt like an outcast among the sorority sisters because the members in sorority have a higher socioeconomic status than her. Adriane unleashed some anger when explaining to me that she identifies herself as a low to working class with her mom as
Adriane is a 18 year old heterosexual African American female that is attending a primary white prestigious school , her mother brought her into my office today because she was worrying about her daughter Adriane. she felt that Adrian has been feeling extremely gloomy, and irritable. Adriane’s mom has also mentioned how depressed Adriane has been feeling. When I asked Adriane why she looked so upset? She denied that she was upset, but she continued to look down upon the floor in silence. I noticed her looking down when she responded but I kept listening to her mother explain more in detail about what’s been going. Then I thought, depression, I thought, how serve the case maybe, but I continued to listen to her I realized that her family does put a lot of pressure on her because she is the first in her family to go to college.
As the conversation went on, I had a one on one with Adriane about what has been going with things. Adriane told me that she was lacking sleep and concentration, and she felt a huge sense of loneliness. I noticed that she opened up to me more today than my previous session with her last time. She also mentioned how she felt as if she wasn’t accepted anywhere.
Adriane had mixed feeling while attending her school, (predominantly white)she had a strong interest in joining a sorority, but Adriane felt like an outcast among the sorority sisters because the members in sorority have a higher socioeconomic status than her. Adriane unleashed some anger when explaining to me that she identifies herself as a low to working class with her mom as
References: Browne, C. M; Dowd, T. Freeman, A. David, Daniel [Ed]; Lynn, Steven Jay [Ed]; Ellis, Albert [Ed]. (2010). Rational and Irrational Beliefs: Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice. (pp. 149-171). xix, 360 pp. New York, NY, US: Oxford University Press; US. [Book; Edited Book]