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Background: Schizophrenia is a split personality, between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Individuals with schizophrenic disorders show an increased risk of violent behavior. One of type of cognitive therapy that can be applied for patients with violent behavior is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). REBT is a method for understanding and overcoming emotions and behavior found on patients with violent behavior. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of REBT againts coping and aggressiveness of patients with violent behavior. Methodes: The design of this study was quasy experimental pre posttest with control group. The total sample for this study was 60 patients, that divided by 30 patients into the intervention group and 30 patients into the control group. Statistical analysis was using Paired T Test and McNemar Test. Results: The results showed that aggressiveness value before and after REBT were significantly difference with p value 0.000 (< 0.05). There was a significant difference in the mean difference aggressiveness scores between the intervention and control group with p value 0.000 (< 0.05). There was significant differences in coping changes in patients with violent behavior in the intervention group who received REBT (p value 0.000 < 0.05). Whereas in the control group there was no significant difference in coping changes before and after (p value 0.062 > 0.05). Conclusion: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) has a significant effect on reducing scores of aggressive and coping on patients with violent behavior.