A-B-C Model or theory of behavior of Albert Ellis asserts that self -defeating and maladaptive behaviors and emotions stem from irrational beliefs . The irrational ideas are distorted, highly idealized, and perfectionistic, and they stimulate people to strive for impossible goals.

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