Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Therapist's Guide

by Albert Ellis PhD, Catharine MacLaren MSW

Overview

Updated resource for practicing therapists from the father of rational therapy. Modern cognitive-behavioral therapy has its roots in the rational approach created by Ellis in the 1950s. Now known as Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Ellis’s systematic integrative approach has grown and matured into a powerful mainstream psychotherapy. Hundreds of thousands of patients have benefited from the active interventions of therapists using REBT. Includes a thorough description of REBT theory and procedures, case examples, exercises. Major themes include: The Theory of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy; The Practice of REBT; The Main Cognitive Techniques of REBT; The Main Emotive and Experiential Techniques of REBT; The Main Behavioral Techniques of REBT; The Integration of REBT with Other Psychotherapies; Summary and Conclusions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781886230613
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	08/01/1998
Series:	Practical Therapist Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Albert Ellis (1913-2007) was the author of more than 65 books on psychotherapy, relationship therapy, and self-help, including Feeling Better, Getting Better, Staying Better; Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Therapist's Guide; Making Intimate Connections and How to Make Yourself Happy and Remarkably Less Disturbable. He published over 700 articles and composed more than 200 rational songs.

Dr. Ellis was rated by psychologists and counselors in the United States as one of the most influential psychologists of our time. He "revolutionized" psychotherapy since 1955, when he created Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), the first of the now-popular cognitive behavior therapies. Dr. Ellis was a practicing psychologist, president of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City, and a featured speaker at workshops and conferences throughout the world. He received many awards, including distinguished psychologist, scientific researcher, and distinguished psychological practitioner from several associations, including the American Humanist Association, American Academy of Psychotherapists, Society for the Study for Scientific Sex, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, and Academy of Psychologists in Marital and Family Therapy. He also earned one of the highest awards of the American Psychological Association: Distinguished Professional Contribution to Knowledge.

Catharine MacLaren, MSW, CEAP, is an organizational consultant in New York and a certified supervisor in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
1	Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: An Introduction and a Reflection	3
2	The Philosophic and Personality Theory Foundations of REBT	13
3	The REBT Theory of Personality Disturbance and Change	25
4	The Process of Assessment in REBT	49
5	Cognitive Techniques in REBT	57
6	Emotive/Experiential Techniques in REBT	75
7	Behavioral Techniques in REBT	91
8	The Integration of REBT with Other Systems of Therapy	107
	Summary	121
Appendix A	How to Maintain and Enhance Your Rational Emotive Therapy Gains	123
Appendix B	References/Resources	135
	Index	163

Editorial Reviews

“...a comprehensive update of the prolific author's systematic and directive approach to therapy in an easy-to-read format.”
—Ellen Bomm, PhD, BC PSYCHOLOGIST


“This latest account of REBT is succinct, eminently readable, and neatly ties together philosophical, theoretical and numerous practical considerations. Peruse it, apply its principles and methods, and you and your clients are likely to derive enormous benefits.”
—Arnold A. Lazarus, PhD, ABPP, Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Rutgers University, author of Brief But Comprehensive Psychotherapy: The Multimodal Way, and coauthor of The 60-Second Shrink

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