Fundamentals of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Training Handbook

ISBN-13: 9780470319321 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 252 str.

Windy Dryden; Rhena Branch

Opis

• A complete introduction to REBT, an approach to CBT which argues that at the core of emotional disturbance lies a set of irrational beliefs that people hold about themselves and others
• Essential for counsellors who are beginning to use REBT with clients - recreates the 'feel'of a training course and alerts trainees to difficulties they may experience when using REBT in practice
• Covers all the basic theoretical and practical information that trainees need to begin using REBT, with special attention paid to disputing irrational beliefs and helping clients set goals
• Windy Dryden is the world's best-known and most prolific name in REBT after its founder (the late Albert Ellis), and there is no direct competition to this unique handbook

Spis treści

About the Authors.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: What you need to know about the theory of rational emotive behaviour therapy to get started.

Chapter 2: What you need to know about the practice of rational emotive behaviour therapy to get started.

Chapter 3: Teaching the "ABC"′s of REBT.

Chapter 4: Distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy negative emotions.

Chapter 5: Being specific in the assessment process.

Chapter 6: Assessing "C".

Chapter 7: Assessing the "critical A".

Chapter 8: Assessing irrational beliefs.

Chapter 9: Assessing meta–emotional problems.

Chapter 10: Goal–setting.

Chapter 11: Eliciting commitment to change.

Chapter 12: Preparing your clients for the disputing process.

Chapter 13: Disputing irrational beliefs: The three major arguments.

Chapter 14: Socratic and didactic disputing of irrational beliefs.

Chapter 15: Examples of Albert Ellis s disputing work.

Chapter 16: Helping your clients to understand the rationality of their rational beliefs.

Chapter 17: Negotiating homework assignments.

Chapter 18: Reviewing homework assignments.

Chapter 19: Dealing with your clients misconceptions of REBT theory and practice.

Appendix 1: Homework skills monitoring form.

Appendix 2: Possible reasons for not doing homework assignments.

Appendix 3: Training in rational emotive behaviour therapy.

References.

Index.

O autorze

Rhena Branch ist Kognitive Verhaltenstherapeutin. Sie eröffnete nach ihrer Tätigkeit am renommierten Londoner Priory-Krankenhaus eine eigene Praxis und bildet neben ihrer praktischen Tätigkeit auch Therapeuten aus.

Blurb

Rational Emotional Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is a cognitive behavioural approach to psychotherapy that pays particular attention to the role that thinking and behaviour play in the development and maintenance of emotional problems.  It is a relatively simple approach that is difficult to practice well.

In this fully revised second edition of The Fundamentals of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Training Handbook, Windy Dryden and Rhena Branch recreate the atmosphere of an REBT training course. They alert trainees to the areas of difficulty that they are likely to experience whilst training in REBT, and demonstrate how to deal constructively with such problems. Verbatim transcript material between trainee and trainer is extensively used in order to highlight trainee difficulties and trainers responses.  In addition, this innovative training manual makes use of actual and constructed dialogue between therapist and client, and of peer counselling dialogues.

Key topics covered include:

• How to present and explain the ABC s of REBT to clients
• Helping clients to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy emotions
• Assessing meta–emotional problems
• Goal–setting
• Disputing irrational beliefs
• Negotiating and reviewing homework assignments

A comprehensive and engaging read, this training manual will complement REBT courses, and will be welcomed by students, trainers and practitioners alike