"As the founder and leader in the development of brief therapy, Albert Ellis continues to make major contributions to the literature. Ellis's clear, cogent, clinically sensible, and valuable model provides a template for quality clinical practice. From his early approach, RT (Rational Therapy), to his newly revised model of REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy), Ellis demonstrates that 40 years later, he is still in the forefront of brief psychotherapy. This volume offers the skilled psychotherapist a focused and straightfoward treatment model and the strategies and tools for effectively making brief therapy and enduring reality." -- Arthur Freeman, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Just What Is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy?; Chapter 3 Probing for “Deep” Emotional Problems; Chapter 4 Discovering Important Antecedents that Lead to Disturbances; Chapter 5 How to Deal with Real Traumas in Your Clients’ Lives; Chapter 6 Exploring Clients’ Belief Systems: Ego-Driven Musts; Chapter 7 Treating Clients with Ego and Self-Rating Problems “Deeply” and “Intensively”; Chapter 8 Disputing Angry and Hostile Musts Directed at Others; Chapter 9 Disputing Low Frustration Tolerance Musts; Chapter 10 Using REBT Emotive Methods for Deep and Intensive Change; Chapter 11 Behavioral Methods for Effecting Brief and Intensive Psychotherapy; Chapter 12 Methods of Brief but Less Deep and Intensive Therapy; Chapter 13 More Methods of Brief but Less Deep and Intensive Therapy; Chapter 14 Better, Deeper, and More Intensive Methods of Brief Therapy; Chapter 15. Used with permission.; Chapter 16 Some Conclusions;