The REBT Approach to Therapeutic Change is again an excellent introduction for trainee and practising counsellors, or anyone interested in the subject. The outline of the approach is very clear and is helped by examples in chart form' - Mark Edwards, Nurtuting Potential

A remarkably useful book for the practitioners of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and other kinds of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy ... Definitive and thorough going'- Albert Ellis

Change' is at the heart of counselling and psychotherapy. Clients enter into the...

The REBT Approach to Therapeutic Change is again an excellent introduction for trainee and practising counsellors, or anyone interested in the subject. The outline of the approach is very clear and is helped by examples in chart form' - Mark Edwards, Nurtuting Potential

A remarkably useful book for the practitioners of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and other kinds of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy ... Definitive and thorough going'- Albert Ellis

Change' is at the heart of counselling and psychotherapy. Clients enter into the...

The book is highly readable and makes extensive use of an actual case study in order to illustrate the approach' - Mark Edwards, Nurtuting Potential

As the creator of Rational Emotive Therapy I have probably read more books dealing with its theory and practice than has anyone else. Of all these books, Windy Dryden and Michael Neenan's is easily one of the best. In a remarkably concise way they have distilled most of the main principles and methods into a small, highly practical and exceptionally readable volume. Any counsellor or therapist will find this book...

The book is highly readable and makes extensive use of an actual case study in order to illustrate the approach' - Mark Edwards, Nurtuting Potential

As the creator of Rational Emotive Therapy I have probably read more books dealing with its theory and practice than has anyone else. Of all these books, Windy Dryden and Michael Neenan's is easily one of the best. In a remarkably concise way they have distilled most of the main principles and methods into a small, highly practical and exceptionally readable volume. Any counsellor or therapist will find this book...

This innovative book is designed for counselors and therapists, from a broad range of professional groups, whose clients are likely to have non-severe problems of anxiety and shame, depression, guilt, unhealthy anger and self-discipline (e.g. procrastination).

The book is divided into two parts: Part One is devoted to outlining rational emotive behavior counseling and Part Two is devoted to the practice of rational emotive behavioral counseling. This new edition outlines the major strategies and techniques that are most closely associated with rational emotive behavioral counseling.

Rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) can, on first impressions, appear to be simple to practice. Its model of emotional disturbance and change, ABCDE, describes a clear and uncluttered approach to therapy. However, the easy progression implied by the model belies the often extremely difficult tasks that the therapist has to execute in each component of the model in order to facilitate this progression. For example, if a client's presenting problem is -my hole life-, the therapist has to help the client translate this amorphous problem into a specific one and then link it to goals that...

REBT explores how beliefs affect outlook

REBT is a form of psychotherapy that places personal beliefs front and center, inviting the patient to evaluate how their beliefs affects their thoughts and feelings. Essential Rational Emotive Behaviour Theory provides a clear introduction to the concepts and theories of REBT, with technical jargon stripped away to leave an open, engaging exploration of the field. Beginning with the central ABCDE model of emotional disturbance and change, the book delves into assessment, homework, disputing, common obstacles, and working...

Cognitive therapy (CT), developed by Aaron Beck in the US in the 1960s, is a structured, time-limited, problem-focused and research-based system of psychotherapy which seeks to identify, examine and modify clients? maladaptive thinking found in psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety. The vast literature on CT can appear overwhelming to those interested in practising this therapy. To address this issue, this book serves as an introduction to CT and demonstrates this approach in action. In this book, the reader will find:

• Key Features of CT theory and practice...

A guide to using rational emotive therapy RET in counselling individuals.

Two experienced teachers of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) have assembled over 100 errors commonly made by students. The authors then proceed to deal with each error, explaining what has gone wrong and how to put it right.