REBT Worksheets
Download this REBT worksheet based on the ABC model, and teach your clients how to rewire their responses to external events, decreasing the likelihood of psychological distress.
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What is an REBT Worksheet?
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) is a form of therapeutic treatment that helps individuals identify negative thought patterns and potentially irrational beliefs, to help ensure these don’t result in harmful behaviors. The primary purpose of REBT is to teach the client unconditional self-acceptance, other-acceptance, and life-acceptance. There is a range of different strategies that therapists employ to achieve this goal, but one of the most effective is encouraging clients to complete worksheets. Worksheets empower clients to be engaged within their own care, asking them to reflect on their experiences and focus on developing positive changes. To help therapists empower their clients to achieve desired outcomes, we have designed an intuitive and easily used
The core principles of REBT are based on the ABC model. This attempts to show clients that the perception of events can be harmful to psychological states, and by rewiring how we perceive things, we can ultimately improve our well-being. Because this is such an integral component of REBT, we have designed our worksheet according to the ABC model.
This worksheet has been developed to be given out to clients, who can either complete it in their own time or during a therapy session with you. It is designed to encourage clients to reflect on their experiences and develop useful tools to assist them in overcoming challenges.
Printable REBT Worksheet Worksheets
Download these REBT Worksheets and help teach your client effective ways to reconfigure and regulate their emotional responses.
How To Use This REBT Worksheet
If you are already familiar with how to access and use our REBT worksheet, feel free to skip to the next section – a completed REBT worksheet example. Otherwise, check out these simple steps to quickly understand how our template can be utilized.
Step One: Download the worksheet
This step may seem self-explanatory, but it nevertheless needs to be said. The first thing you need to do to use our worksheet is download it onto your device. We have included links to the template on this page, and by clicking on them the worksheet will open in your device’s PDF reader. You can choose to store it on your device to be used electronically or print out a physical copy.
Step Two: Patients complete the worksheet
The next part of the process is to give the worksheet to your patients. It has been designed to be completed primarily by the clients themselves, although you may find you have patients who require some assistance. This is fine, and guidance can prove beneficial, but it’s important the worksheet genuinely reflects the client’s experiences, thoughts, and behaviors.
Step Three: Use the responses to guide your treatment
The answers that a client leaves on the worksheet will give you a good insight into the type of treatment that they require. You can use this information to guide your session plans and ensure you are targeting appropriate areas requiring improvement.
Step Four: Store the worksheet securely
Completed REBT worksheets contain confidential client information, so it is important that you store them in a HIPAA-compliant manner. We recommend using an online EHR system that is integrated with robust safeguards to ensure 24/7 protection of client privacy.
REBT Worksheet Example (Sample)
To help you get an idea of how the REBT worksheet functions, we’ve included a sample completed template based on a fictional client. Although the specific answers included on a worksheet will vary between clients, this should give you adequate insight into the type of information you’re looking for.
Download this REBT Worksheet Example (Sample) here:
Who Can Use these Printable REBT Worksheets (PDF)?
This worksheet has been designed to be completed by patients who are undergoing rational emotive behavioral therapy. Although this type of therapy is fairly specific in regards to the treatment methods it uses, clients who are experiencing any of the following will benefit from the worksheet:
- Anxiety
- Addiction
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Anger Management
- Shame
- Loneliness
- Grief
In relation to the clinicians who can use this worksheet, it is primarily designed for therapists, counselors, psychologists, and psychotherapists. With that being said, you may work in an entirely different field, or be treating a client with another issue, and this worksheet can still be extremely useful. You should use your professional experience and opinion of the situation to determine the applicability of the worksheet and go from there.
Why Is This Form Useful For Therapists?
If you choose to implement the REBT worksheet into your therapy practice, you will no doubt see a range of uses. Some of these include:
- Teach clients key skills: One of the main treatment methods of therapy is teaching clients skills during sessions that they can then implement into their everyday lives. Using this worksheet is one of the best ways you can ensure clients effectively adopt these strategies. The worksheet encourages them to reflect on their daily experiences and apply key REBT techniques.
- Go paperless: The worksheet will also have significant uses for your healthcare practice. We have ensured that the resource can be accessed, shared, completed, and saved entirely online, reducing the need to generate physical copies. In addition to having positive environmental impacts, going paperless is also advantageous in its elimination of printer-related costs and ability to improve organization.
Improve workflow: Our REBT worksheet can also help you improve workflow at your practice. The template is already structured and formatted, eliminating the need for you to spend any time on organizational aspects and you can get straight to distributing the worksheet to your clients.
Why Use Carepatron For REBT Worksheet Software?
Carepatron is a leading practice management software in today’s healthcare industry, guaranteed to make using this REBT worksheet much easier. Carepatron has an extensive resource library, and you can access this worksheet (alongside countless others) from inside the platform. These can be downloaded and saved onto your device for future use, ensuring a seamless access process. Additionally, Carepatron caters to mobile work for healthcare practitioners. With a mobile app, clinicians can access their resources from anywhere and at any time, enabling the automation of distributing and sharing worksheets. Being mobile-friendly has also led to the development of a secure patient portal, where clients’ scheduling and payment information is displayed. The portal helps to ensure care delivery is transparent and that clients and therapists have a secure means of transferring documentation.
Carepatron excels in its ability to automate the process of using worksheets, while also targeting a range of other areas, including appointment scheduling, automated appointment reminders, medical billing, telehealth, client engagement, note-taking, and clinical documentation. As a one-stop shop, Carepatron will provide your healthcare practice will all of the solutions it needs to achieve its goals.
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Commonly asked questions
An REBT worksheet is a resource that therapists specializing in REBT treatments use with their clients. Typically, these worksheets are distributed to clients to complete on their own. This helps to ensure that the answers genuinely reflect the client’s experiences, and can then be used to develop an effective treatment plan. REBT worksheets vary in their content, and some may focus on the ABC model while others could be related to problem-solving or developing coping mechanisms. Regardless of the specific nature of the worksheet, provided it aims to assist clients receiving REBT treatment, then it falls under the umbrella of an REBT worksheet.
When you use an REBT worksheet is largely up to you and your clients. You will likely find that you have some clients who are well-suited to completing a worksheet, whereas others may have difficulties. Depending on the severity of your client’s condition, you should decide whether or not it is appropriate giving them the worksheet and go from there.
This specific REBT worksheet has been designed to be completed by the client. If the client doesn’t complete it, then the answers won’t reflect their experiences. With that being said, you may treat a patient who requires assistance or even someone to transcribe for them and that’s perfectly fine. Your number one priority is ensuring your client feels comfortable completing the worksheet, and it may help for you to walk them through each section so you can complete it together.
