ABSTRACT
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is an educational approach to psychotherapy. Therapeutic endeavours can be seen as akin to those of an educator and the tasks of clients as equivalent to those of students or learners. Therapists therefore need to bear in mind various important educational principles in the way they conduct REBT. One important point is that clients can become very preoccupied when they discuss their problems. So encourage clients to make recordings of therapy sessions for later review. The main advantage of clients recording their sessions is that such recordings provide them with the opportunity to hear themselves express irrational beliefs that they may have denied having. As with any therapeutic intervention, there are drawbacks to encouraging clients to listen to recordings of their therapy sessions. A small minority of clients, for example, may disturb themselves about the sound of their voice. Recording may also become passive rather than active learners.
