FACILITATOR’S
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches people how to change how they think about things. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), which was developed in the 1950’s by Dr. Albert Ellis, is the original Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is now widely practiced throughout the world. CBT and REBT are self-help methods of dealing with life’s problems. In fact, CBT and REBT methods are quick to learn. Participants may grasp the basic concepts in a few weeks but are encouraged to continue to learn and practice these methods. REBT works to show us that the world around us and those people in it do not create emotions; rather, it is the interaction with both, and the beliefs and expectations that we hold, that lead to the emotions we feel. The theory behind REBT simply says: It is generally irrational and self-defeating to get all worked up about someone else's behavior.
A good example is someone else's behavior "making us angry.” Anger is a common emotion but very damaging in how it makes you feel (and its impact on how others feel.)
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Collective Group Activity:
Facilitator states: To go a little deeper, let’s briefly discuss the ZPD or Zone of Proximal Development created by an educational psychologist from Russia by the name of Lev Vygotsky. It’s not necessary you recall those names. We will simply refer to this as the “Inner Circle to Outer Circle Activity.” Look at the diagram. The innermost circle represents each one of us. You already have a toolbox full of a whole bunch of tools, so to speak, that you use to handle the conflict and stressors in your life. Some of those tools may work really well for you that keep the people in your life CARING for you, TRUSTING you, RESPECTING you, and being FAIR to you like your parents or guardians, your teachers, the principal, the police and court system, your boyfriend or girlfriend, your best friends, your acquaintances, and strangers on the street. And that is ideal. On the other hand, some of those tools that you have utilized in the past might have gotten you to lose some “TRUST and RESPECT points.” As a result, perhaps your parents or guardians punished you or grounded you. At school, you might have received a demerit slip, an in school suspension, a visit to the office, an out of school suspension, or you might even have gotten expelled. Your boyfriend or girlfriend might have broken up with you. Your best friend might have gotten upset with you. Other people you know or strangers might have gotten mad and tried to get back at you. Some of the tools you have utilized might even have gotten the police involved where you ended up having to take a class like this. TASK: Let’s focus on the positive tools first. We will go around the room. Tell about 1 to 3 tools you have used that have kept people CARING about you plus treating you with TRUST and RESPECT. TASK: Recalling that everything you share is confidential, please share even more details about the tool(s) you used that brought you to the © 1999, 2016 by Carrie Marchant & FLP. All Rights Reserved.
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