would be our last session together (7th), the practitioner and Zara were able to discuss and reflect upon the previous six sessions. Zara cited that seems ridiculous now looking back “it at my previous beliefs”, as well as noting she felt very positive about her archery and was enjoying it a lot more. Whilst, facilitating positive affect is not the primary objective for REBT, it encourages the client to abandon self-rating and self-esteem in its place endorsing Unconditional Self-Acceptance (USA; Chamberlain & Haaga, 2001). USA is defined as “the individual fully and unconditionally accepting themselves whether or not they behaves intelligently, correctly, or competently and whether or not other people approve, respect, or love them” (Ellis, 1977, p. 101). The combination of abandoning self-rating and accepting herself as a fallible human being may explain why Zara’s enjoyment of archery improved. Additionally, in line with the Self Determination Theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2000) Zara’s shift from a to’ to to’ can be likened to a transferal from an external regulation ‘have ‘want towards a self-motivated athlete, the latter being a self-endorsed action manifesting in greater interest, excitement, confidence and enhanced performance (Ryan & Deci, 2000). REBT progressively encourages an active and self-directed client as a result Zara was encouraged to become self-sufficient in managing her emotions and behaviors in any situation. A useful method to gauge and reassert Zara’s understanding of REBT was through Reverse Role-play’ (RRR; Kassinove & Digiuseppe, 1975). Here the practitioner ‘Rational became the client who role-played an athlete with IBs, whilst Zara acting as the practitioner actively elicited, disputed and replaced the IBs with new effective RBs. At the end of the seventh and final session drew to a close it was evident that Zara had made substantial progress verbally reporting that she was increasingly better able to manage challenging situations. Finally, on the seventh session Zara stated she no longer required routine sessions, instead feeling independent and capable of managing from there onwards.
would be our last session together (7th), the practitioner and Zara were able to discuss and reflect upon the previous six sessions. Zara cited that “it seems ridiculous now looking back at my previous beliefs”, as well as noting she felt very positive about her archery and was enjoying it a lot more. Whilst, facilitating positive affect is not the primary objective for REBT, it encourages the client to abandon self-rating and self-esteem in its place endorsing Unconditional Self-Acceptance (USA; Chamberlain & Haaga, 2001). USA is defined as “the individual fully and unconditionally accepting themselves whether or not they behaves intelligently, correctly, or competently and whether or not other people approve, respect, or love them” (Ellis, 1977, p. 101). The combination of abandoning self-rating and accepting herself as a fallible human being may explain why Zara’s enjoyment of archery improved. Additionally, in line with the Self Determination Theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2000) Zara’s shift from a ‘have to’ to ‘want to’ can be likened to a transferal from an external regulation towards a self-motivated athlete, the latter being a self-endorsed action manifesting in greater interest, excitement, confidence and enhanced performance (Ryan & Deci, 2000). REBT progressively encourages an active and self-directed client as a result Zara was encouraged to become self-sufficient in managing her emotions and behaviors in any situation. A useful method to gauge and reassert Zara’s understanding of REBT was through ‘Rational Reverse Role-play’ (RRR; Kassinove & Digiuseppe, 1975). Here the practitioner became the client who role-played an athlete with IBs, whilst Zara acting as the practitioner actively elicited, disputed and replaced the IBs with new effective RBs. At the end of the seventh and final session drew to a close it was evident that Zara had made substantial progress verbally reporting that she was increasingly better able to manage challenging situations. Finally, on the seventh session Zara stated she no longer required routine sessions, instead feeling independent and capable of managing from there onwards.
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