Empirical Research in REBT Theory and Practice
The theory of REBT was developed by Ellis (1962, 1994) being seen by many in the field as the first form of CBT (e.g. Hollon DiGiuseppe, 2010) and as a major contributor to the cognitive revolution in psychology and psychotherapy (David, 2015) First labeled Rational Therapy, it was renamed Rational Emotive Therapy before receiving the current name: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (David, 2015) In a personal communication to one of the chapter's authors (Dr. David) Albert Ellis (2005) would have liked to finally name it Cognitive Affective Behavior Therapy.