In this excerpt, Dr. Ellis is explaining the connection between one’s beliefs and emotional consequences, which is also referred to as the “B-C” connection. It is what we tell ourselves about events that will lead to either an unhealthy emotion

In this clip, Dr. Ellis discusses emotive techniques for forcefully disputing irrational beliefs and developing rational coping statements. One technique includes rational emotive imagery, in which the individual practices changing one’s unhealthy emotions to healthy emotions through imagery.