A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Therapy
2nd Edition
Published on 29. October 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
396 pages
978-0-19-507169-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a second edition of a well-received and successful text first published by Oxford in 1980. Designed for both therapists-in-training and seasoned professionals, the work introduces the basic principles of rational-emotive therapy, explains general therapeutic strategies, and offers many illustrative dialogues between therapist and patient. The authors have extensively revised the book to include many of the clinical findings which have accumulated over the last decade.
Reviews / Votes
From reviews of the first edition: "Among the scores of books dealing with Albert Ellis's rational-emotive therapy (RET), this one is unsurpassed as a how-to-do-it handbook for professionals. . . . This guide is complete, readable, and clear, and. . . will benefit any therapist-in-training and many therapists whose formal training is complete." --Contemporary Psychology"This is a well-written, well-organized and clinically powerful summary of how to conduct rational-emotive therapy." --The Behavior Therapist
"I was deeply impressed with how the authors conceptualized various client problems and appropriate treatments. . . Anyone interested in observing the thought processes of experienced clinicians at work would find this text a delight to read." --The School Counselor
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
line drawings
line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-507169-6 (9780195071696)
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Persons
Susan R. Walen, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology at Towson State University, Instructor in Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Rational-Emotive Therapy, Baltimore and Rockville, Maryland.
Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, and Director of Professional Education at the Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy.
Windy Dryden, Ph.D., is Professor of Counselling at Goldsmith's College, University of London, and Director of the Institute for Rational- Emotive Therapy (UK).
Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, and Director of Professional Education at the Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy.
Windy Dryden, Ph.D., is Professor of Counselling at Goldsmith's College, University of London, and Director of the Institute for Rational- Emotive Therapy (UK).
Content
PART I: THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF RET; 1. Rational-emotive philosophy; 2. Rational-emotive theory; 3. Rational-emotive therapy; PART II: GENERAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES; 4. Getting therapy off to a good start; 5. Basic therapeutic skills; PART III: THE ABCS OF RET: ASSESSMENT; 6. The A; 7. The C; 8. The B; 9. More about B; PART IV: GETTING DOWN TO D, THERAPY; 10. Disputation: Cognitive, emotive, and behavioral strategies; 11. Disputation: Specific suggestions; 12. Disputation: Problems and solutions; 13. Therapist strategies: Advanced variations on a theme; PART V: COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT; 14. Homework assignments; 15. Comprehensive Rational-emotive therapy; 16. The course of therapy and beyond; PART VI: TRAINING; 17. Readings; 18. Supervision and further training; References; Answer key; Index