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Rational Emotive Personality Theory

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There are two key features to this theory, the first is that there are three levels of mind. The first level is conscious, this where we think and become aware of things around us, the second level is pre-conscious, this is where we store memories and information that is important to us, we can access this information at anytime with some encouragement, the third level is unconscious, this is where thoughts, desires, fears we are not aware of are stored and hidden, such as an experience from the past you do not want to remember. The second key feature is that there are three parts of the personality, the first part is id, which is what you are born with, this part of your personality is selfish and unrealistic as this is the child part of …show more content…

There are two key features of this theory, the first key feature is that we have rational and irrational thoughts, these can be for and against you striving for your goals such as being happy, having meaningful relationships, and having self-acceptance. Rational thoughts is where we think and do things to help us work towards goals such as go to college, these are realistic, and logical thoughts. Irrational thoughts is where our beliefs and behaviours limit us from achieving our goals, these are unrealistic, and illogical thoughts. To change our irrational thoughts there are three things that can be done, these are becoming aware of the thoughts, challenging the thoughts, and changing the thoughts.The second key feature is the ABC (DE) Model, A is the activating event - the trigger, B is for belief, the thought and opinions of the event, C is the consequence, you may behave a certain way once the event has happened, D is disputing where you debate with yourself and become aware of irrational beliefs you have, and E is for effect which is where you take actions in result of the event happening and change your irrational thoughts to rational

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