Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach.  He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT.He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.

• OverviewFundamentals of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy for the 1990s - Albert EllisPART ONE: ALLIANCE, EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENTThe Therapeutic Alliance in Rational-Emotive Therapy - Windy DrydenEducating Clients about Rational-Emotive Therapy - Norman D MacaskillA Client′s Guide to Rational-Emotive Therapy - Russell M GriegerA Rational-Emotive Model of Assessment - Raymond DiGiuseppeThe Use of Chaining in Rational-Emotive Therapy - Windy DrydenThinking What to Feel - Raymond DiGiuseppePART TWO: INTERVENTIONComprehensive Cognitive Disputing in RET - Raymond DiGiuseppeDidactic Persuasion Techniques in Cognitive Restructuring - Thomas H Harrell, Irving Beiman and Karen LaPointeThe Issue of Force and Energy in Behavioral Change - Albert EllisVivid Methods in Rational-Emotive Therapy - Windy DrydenThe Value of Efficiency in Psychotherapy - Albert EllisRational-Emotive Therapy Approaches to Overcoming Resistance - Albert EllisThe Rational-Emotive Counselling Sequence - Windy Dryden and Joseph YankuraThe Rational-Emotive Counselling Process - Windy Dryden and Joseph YankuraCompromises in Rational-Emotive Therapy - Windy DrydenRational-Emotive Therapy and Eclecticism - Windy DrydenAFTERWORDRational Emotive Behavior Therapy - Stephen G WeinrachA Tough-Minded Therapy for a Tender-Minded Profession

`An invaluable resource. It is easily accessible, well referenced and indexed and overall provides an excellent dissemination of REBT for today′ - British Journal of Medical Psychology`This Reader, whose articles are skilfully selected and arranged by Professor Dryden, serves both as an introduction to REBT and a highly detailed account of its actual practice... As an REBT therapist myself, I found much to learn from these authoritative chapters to enhance my own practice... I hope this book attracts a large readership within the counselling community and thereby lead to a more informed and balanced assessment of REBT′ - British Psychological Society Counselling Psychology Review`Addresses important issues in the practice of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy... a useful source of information for students and more experienced practitioners seeking an introduction to the method′ - The Therapist`For trainee counselors and those who seek an introduction to REBT, this book is an excellent resource′ - Child and Family Behavior Therapy