A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy

Raymond A. DiGiuseppe, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Psychology at St. John's University in New York City. He is also on the professional training faculty at the Albert Ellis Institute and is President-Elect of the Division of Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association. Kristene A. Doyle, PhD, is the Director of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City and an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at St. John's University. Windy Dryden, PhD, is Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Wouter Backx, drs Psych, is Founder and Director of the Dutch Institute for REBT in The Netherlands.

Foreword to the Second Edition by Albert Ellis ; Preface ; About the Authors ; Part I Basic Introduction to REBT ; 1. Albert Ellis and the Philosophy of REBT ; 2. Rational-Emotive Behavior Theory ; 3. The Irrational and Rational Beliefs ; Part II General Therapeutic Strategies ; 4. The A-B-C Model and Teaching Clients the B to C Connection ; 5. Getting Therapy Off to a Good Start ; 6. Basic Therapy Skills ; Part III The A-B-C's of REBT: Assessment ; 7. Identifying the A ; 8. The C: The Emotional and Behavioral Consequences ; 9. Assessing the B ; Part IV Therapy: Getting Down to D - Disputation, and E -the New Effective Response ; 10. Cognitive Change Strategies ; 11. Challenges to Specific Irrational Beliefs ; 12. The Effective New Belief (EB) ; 13. Evocative, Imaginal, and Behavior Change Strategies ; 14. Problems and Solutions in Challenging Irrational Beliefs ; 15. Therapeutic Styles: the How not the What in Disputing Beliefs Using an Active Directive Style ; Part V The Therapeutic Whole ; 16. Homework Assignments ; 17. Comprehensive Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy ; 18. The Course of Therapy and Beyond ; Appendix ; References ; Index