Emphasis on teaching clients general rational philosophies and encouraging them to make a profound philosophic change

REBT is distinct among the cognitive-behaviour therapies in encouraging clients to work towards what we call a profound philosophic change. This means, as Ellis (2003, p. 233) has said, that REBT:

. . . tries to help them acquire several core attitudes that they can use to undisturb themselves in a large number of situations and not merely with the emotional-behavioral problem with which they come to psychotherapy.