A client's therapist follows Ellis's rational-emotive therapy techniques in treating their clients. The therapist embodies the ABCD model as proposed by Ellis. The B in the model stands for the ___________ that underlies the way in which the client appraises an event.

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The B in Ellis's ABCD model of rational-emotive therapy stands for the belief system. This model posits that it is not the activating event (A) itself that causes emotional and behavioral consequences (C), but rather the beliefs (B) about the event that lead to these consequences.

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