This up-to-date comprehensive guidebook -- an all-new resource for practicing therapists from the father of rational therapy -- includes thorough discussions of theory and procedures, case examples, and dozens of exercises. Modern cognitive-behavioral therapy has its roots in the rational approach c
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Reader
โ Scribed by Windy Dryden (editor)
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 336
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This practical Reader brings together the major writings of the past decade on rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), originally called rational-emotive therapy (RET).
An overview by Albert Ellis, founder of REBT, introduces its theory and practice. The book then addresses preliminary issues such as building a therapeutic alliance with clients and assessing their problems. The bulk of the discussion that follows focuses on therapeutic intervention including: disputing irrational beliefs; activity and directiveness; vivid methods; and therapeutic efficiency. Chapters are included on the step-by-step practicalities of the counselling sequence and process. An afterword defends the tough-minded approach of REBT against the
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