Which description best summarizes the REBT Blow-Up Technique?

• A. Describe the worst-case scenario and blow it out of proportion until it becomes humorous.
• B. Record the event in a diary and forget it.
• C. Accept the worst-case as inevitable and give up.
• D. Reframe the situation as positive immediately.

Answer: (A)

This item tests the REBT blow-up technique, a method for challenging irrational beliefs by exaggerating feared outcomes. In this approach, the client vividly describes the worst-case scenario and then blows it out of proportion until it becomes humorous. That exaggeration helps reveal the belief as irrational and reduces its emotional pull, making it easier to replace it with a more realistic, flexible thought. It’s not about diary entries and forgetting, resignation to the worst, or jumping to immediate positive reframing without the exaggeration step. So the description that best fits is describing the worst-case scenario and blowing it out of proportion until it becomes humorous.