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Rational Emotive Therapy

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Rational emotive therapy (RET) helps headache sufferers identify and change irrational beliefs that lead to stress. Irrational beliefs are replaced with rational beliefs that no longer elicit stress-provoking headaches. Using this approach, patients have reduced the frequency, duration, and intensity of their migraines, as well as the need for medication.

  • Irrational beliefs are typically prefaced with the words, should, ought, must, or have to.
  • Rational beliefs are stated with these words, wishes, wants, likes, or dislikes.

Last reviewed on: May 2010
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