RET was founded in 1955 by an American clinical psychologist, Albert Ellis.
Ellis maintained that emotional and behavioural disturbance was primarily caused
by rigid and absolutistic beliefs in the form of musts, should, have to's, got to's -
demands we make on ourselves, others, the world.
Ellis and Becker (1982) assert that the "two most common [work] problems are anxiety
about your job performance (along with a fear of losing your job) and anger towards
your boss, supervisor, employees, or other co-workers".
The HMSO report 'Mental Health at Work' attributed 60% of illness to mental or emotional problems.
These are caused by stress, emotional and personal problems.
How RET Can Help
You will be trained to insure increased productivity and for the employees the likelihood
of greater job satisfaction and performance.
In this workshop you will be given extensive training on helping individuals to
manage internal demands and external pressures thereby reducing stress related
disorders and preventing burnout.
We will target:
- The fundamentals of REBT and application to a wide range of personal and work
- related problems
- Diagnostic and intervention skills
- How to develop treatment plans
- How to establish a therapeutic alliance.
You will be able to counsel:
- Employees with deficit Social Skills
- Colleagues that have difficulty with initiating and maintaining conversation
- You can help develop risk taking
- Reduction in social anxiety
- Increase in Tolerance for Difficult People and Exceptionally Bad Circumstances
Workshop Break-up
- Healthy and Unhealthy Belief Systems
- Theory of the ABC Model
- Practical of the ABC Model
- Learning Disputation Techniques
- Practical of the ABC and D
- Learning Effective New Thinking and Further Action
- Practical of ABCDE and F
The Training Methodology:
Based on only real problems or difficulties, so as to keep the workshop anchored in a
personal reality.
You will form triads to practice the ABCDE model:
- One has the problem,
- The other acts as a counselor and
- The third as an observer to keep the other two 'on track'
All roles are rotated. You will be given work sheets and hand outs.
Conclusion
In particular, you will be able to help individuals to manage internal demands
and external pressures thereby reducing stress related disorders and preventing burnout.
This is a dynamic way of dealing with intrapersonal and interpersonal
workplace problems or difficulties. By disseminating rational ideas and
modeling adaptive behavior, individuals can make the work environment
less confrontational and more conducive to increased productivity.
