ABSTRACT
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) has undergone many important changes since I (AE) first began to practice it in January 1955. This chapter summarizes some of its main aspects and shows how, unlike many other modern therapies, it is unusually constructivist and postmodern but at the same time is often highly active-directive. It also shows that in spite of my own negative attitudes toward some aspects of religion, I now see that religious beliefs (even those I consider absolutistic) can sometimes lead to emotionally healthy behavior (Ellis, 2000a).
