Fundamentals of Rational Emotive Behaviour

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

FrankW. Bond,BA- Honours -, DipPsych, MSc, PhD,CPsychol, is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His research and practice centre around occupational health psychology and, in particular, how work redesign and cognitive behaviour therapies can independently, and together, help to improve workers' psychological health, absenteeism levels, and productivity. Dr Bond also maintains a private practice in cognitive behaviour therapy.

Windy Dryden, BSc, DipPsych, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, is Professor of Counselling at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the editor or author of over 125 books in the area of counselling and psychotherapy. His primary interests are rational emotive behaviour therapy and disseminating its theory and techniques to the general public, through writing short, accessible, self-help books.

About the authors	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
What you need to know about the theory of rational emotive behaviour therapy to get started	p. 3
What you need to know about the practice of rational emotive behaviour therapy to get started	p. 25
Teaching the 'ABCs' of REBT	p. 45
Distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy negative emotions	p. 61
Being specific in the assessment process	p. 77
Assessing 'C'	p. 79
Assessing the 'critical A'	p. 87
Assessing irrational beliefs	p. 91
Assessing meta-emotional problems	p. 97
Goal-setting	p. 103
Eliciting your client's commitment to change	p. 119
Preparing your client and yourself for the disputing process	p. 131
Disputing irrational beliefs: The three major arguments	p. 135
Socratic and didactic disputing of irrational beliefs	p. 145
Examples of Albert Ellis's disputing work	p. 155
Helping your client to understand the rationality of his or her rational beliefs	p. 161
Negotiating homework assignments	p. 169
Reviewing homework assignments	p. 193
Dealing with your clients' misconceptions of REBT theory and practice	p. 205
Homework skills monitoring form	p. 217
Possible reasons for not completing self-help assignments	p. 221
Training in rational emotive behaviour therapy	p. 223
References	p. 225
Index	p. 227
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Fundamentals of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy A Training Handbook

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