Accommodating religion and integrating religious material during Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Original Research Article

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) proposes that irrational beliefs evident as absolutistic evaluations cause most self-defeating distress. Absolutistic evaluations are not present in most religious traditions allowing for accommodation of clientsʹ religious beliefs during REBT. Religious doctrine usually includes material that contradicts absolutistic evaluations, allowing for integration of religious material with rational-emotive interventions. Brief excerpts from sessions that demonstrate both accommodating and integrating religious belief during REBT are presented. A project seeking to develop a catalog of religious material for integration with REBT is also briefly described.