Fundamentals of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

Windy Dryden is Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies,Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a Fellow of the BritishPsychological Society and of the British Association of Counsellingand Psychotherapy. He began his training in REBT in 1977 and becamethe first Briton to be accredited as an REBT therapist by theAlbert Ellis Institute. In 1981, Windy spent a six-month sabbaticalat the Center for Cognitive Therapy, University of Pennsylvania,one of the first British psychologists to do an extended trainingin Cognitive Therapy. He is a Fellow of the Albert Ellis Instituteand a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. While his primary therapeutic orientation is REBT, Windy hasbeen very much influenced by his cognitive therapy colleagues andby the working alliance theory of Ed Bordin. His research interestsare in the historical and theoretical roots of REBT (with ArthurStill) and the phenomenology of hurt, the study of which isinformed by REBT theory. Windy is perhaps the best known for his voluminous writings inREBT/CBT and the wider field of counselling and psychotherapy. Todate he has authored or edited over 160 books, making him probablythe most prolific book writer and editor currently alive in thefield today. He has also edited 17 book series including the bestselling 'Counselling in Action' series. Windy was the founding editor of the British Journal ofCognitive Psychotherapy in 1982 which later merged with theCognitive Behaviorist to become the Journal of CognitivePsychotherapy: An International Quarterly. Windy was co-foundingeditor of this journal with E. Thomas Dowd. In 2003, Windy becamethe editor of the Journal of Rational-Emotive andCognitive-Behavior Therapy. Rhena Branch is an accredited CBT therapist. Rhena runsher own private practice in North London and also teaches on theMasters (MSc RECBT) at Goldsmith's University.