ABCDE

ABCDE is a model that shows how thought produces emotion. It comes from Albert Ellis's rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) and has been adapted to coaching. Its steps are: the activating event, the belief, the consequence, the disputation, and the new effect. Its basic idea is this: it is not the event itself that shakes us but the belief we attach to the event. The coach helps the client reach a more realistic interpretation by testing this belief.