Turner Martin J
Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jun 2;16:1572636. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1572636. eCollection 2025.
In the present paper, a metaphor is proposed for the depiction of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) with a view to aiding practitioner and client comprehension of the fundamental processes of REBT. Specifically, it is argued that the processes, and broad framework, of REBT is akin to an archetypal narrative story structure known as the Hero's Journey, or monomyth. In the Hero's Journey, an ordered narrative framework is followed that presents the heroic story of a protagonist, a device that has been employed across art, literature, film, and marketing. In the present paper, this Hero's Journey story arc is used as a metaphor for REBT, with each stage of the Hero's Journey related to a part of REBT theory and application. In the current paper, the alignment of the components of the Hero's Journey and the components of REBT are presented in some detail. The author describes this approach as the rational emotive behavioral monomyth (REBM) and outlines how it can be positioned and applied in practice.
在本文中，提出了一个用于描述理性情绪行为疗法（REBT）的隐喻，旨在帮助从业者和来访者理解REBT的基本过程。具体而言，有人认为REBT的过程和广泛框架类似于一种原型叙事故事结构，即英雄之旅，或称为单一神话。在英雄之旅中，遵循一个有序的叙事框架，呈现主角的英雄故事，这一手法在艺术、文学、电影和市场营销中都有应用。在本文中，这个英雄之旅的故事弧被用作REBT的隐喻，英雄之旅的每个阶段都与REBT理论和应用的一部分相关。在当前论文中，详细介绍了英雄之旅的组成部分与REBT的组成部分的对应关系。作者将这种方法称为理性情绪行为单一神话（REBM），并概述了它在实践中如何定位和应用。
