ABSTRACT

REBT is a form of what I have called theoretically consistent eclecticism (Dryden, 1986). This means that REBT therapists are encouraged to draw broadly from a variety of therapeutic approaches but in ways that are consistent with REBT theory. Don't forget that in this book I am particularly discussing the speci®c form of REBT ± rather than its general form which is, as Ellis (1980a) has argued, indistinguishable from CBT. When practising general REBT, REBT therapists will draw liberally from other approaches, particularly other CBT approaches and when we do so, we are less concerned about the consistency of what we borrow with REBT theory.