Abstract
The application of technology in rational emotive-behavior therapy (REBT) represents a new and innovative line of research and practice with children and adolescents. The aim of this chapter is to describe the advances in the technological applications of REBT and to illustrate some of the evidence-based technological tools that have been developed within the REBT approach to psychotherapy and education for younger populations and their significant others. We start by offering an overview and some conceptual delimitations. Next, we discuss in more detail the numerous innovations that have driven the technological revolution in the field and their evidence-based status. We then present several examples of technology-based applications for children and adolescents that were developed within the REBT approach. Such applications include virtual reality-based interventions for anxiety disorders and for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the use of robotic agents to teach children with autism spectrum disorder the basic principles of REBT, online parenting applications, and online therapeutic games. In the final section of the chapter, we discuss how to integrate these tools in the clinical practice and which are the future directions for the field.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Child and Adolescent Mental Health |
| Subtitle of host publication | Theory, Practice, Research, Applications |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 513-530 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030539016 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030539009 |
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| State | Published - 4 Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- Children and adolescents
- Robot-based psychotherapy
- Technology and REBT technology
- Technology and psychotherapy
- Virtual reality psychotherapy