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What are some of the criticisms of REBT group therapy?

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1. What are some of the criticisms of REBT group therapy?

The REBT approach teaches that disturbed emotional and behavioral consequences result from the irrational beliefs that individuals hold rather than from the activating events. The practitioners of REBT work to alleviate emotional disturbance by helping people to (a) identify their irrational beliefs, (b) recognize that their irrational beliefs are maladaptive, and (c) replace those dysfunctional cognitions with more adaptive beliefs. (http://www.rebt.ws/REBT%20explained.htm)

One criticism, according to Weinrach (1990), is that REBT has the ...

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