Radical Accountability Theory (RAT)

Radical Accountability Theory is the theory I've worked the most with in my healing career. I would say that it works for about 80-90% of people with the average person being able to work through an issue in 1-3 sessions, but the fastest I've seen is less than 5 minutes. I've worked through over 100 of my own problematic beliefs with it which has enormously benefited my life, but it is typically less effective than Joy Theory and Mind-Body Release.​

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How It Works

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RAT is a combination of three different ideas merged into one. Differentiation is a theory on how to develop emotional maturity and emphasizes the importance of taking accountability for one's emotional reactions and resolving them within oneself. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a theory on how our belief systems create our reality and how we have the power to change our beliefs. Bilateral stimulation is a principle based on how the brain processes information which states that activating both hemispheres of the brain in an alternating and repetitive pattern facilitates mental and emotional processing, a process the brain automatically engages in during REM sleep. The combination of all three of these, that our emotional reactivity to anything is our responsibility to resolve, and we can do so by changing our belief systems with the aid of bilateral stimulation, is RAT in a nutshell. You can read a much more in depth explanation of this process and how to do it yourself in my blog post here.

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In a session we would determine a problem that wants to be addressed and find its underlying problematic belief. Then, using bilateral stimulation, and choosing one of three different methods of how healing can occur, through the subconscious mind, the conscious mind, or the body, you would heal your negative belief, meaning that you no longer believe it's true. The second step is to replace your negative belief with a positive, more adaptive one, which is accomplished through the same process. When you believe something that is healthy and empowering as opposed to something fear-based, this process is complete.​

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This is how clients have benefited from using this method besides feeling better overall:

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Understanding The Power Of Belief

• Our beliefs greatly influence our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. By working through negative beliefs and changing them to positive ones, clients learn how just how influential their beliefs are in their experience of everything.

• Clients also recognize in this process that they get to choose their belief systems rather than it happening solely at a subconscious level.

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Gaining Insight​

• This method often results in a lot of insight for clients as to why they developed these beliefs as well as the inherent lack of truth behind their own negative beliefs.

• This method also helps clients learn to see and recognize how other people's beliefs are driving their emotions, thoughts, and behavior, which leads to increased understanding and compassion.

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Understanding The Power Of Choice

• As with the other methods, once clients start to completely reverse their negative belief systems, they start to understand the amount of power they have over their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. This leads to increased self-control and self-empowerment.