A Practitioner's Guide to Rational Emotive Therapy

by Walen, Susan; Digiuseppe, Raymond; Dryden, Windy

• ISBN13: 9780195071696
• ISBN10: 0195071697
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a second edition of a well-received and successful text first published by Oxford in 1980. Designed for both therapists-in-training and seasoned professionals, the work introduces the basic principles of rational-emotive therapy, explains general therapeutic strategies, and offers manyillustrative dialogues between therapist and patient. The authors have extensively revised the book to include many of the clinical findings which have accumulated over the last decade.

Author Biography

Susan R. Walen, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology at Towson State University, Instructor in Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Rational-Emotive Therapy, Baltimore and Rockville, Maryland.
Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology at St. John's University, and Director of Professional Education at the Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy.
Windy Dryden, Ph.D., is Professor of Counselling at Goldsmith's College, University of London, and Director of the Institute for Rational- Emotive Therapy (UK).

Table of Contents

The Infrastructure of RET

Rational-emotive Philosophy

Rational-emotive Theory

Rational-emotive Therapy

Getting Therapy Off to a Good Start

Basic Therapeutic Skills

The ABCs of RET: Assessment

The A

The C

The B

More About B

Getting Down to D, Therapy

Disputation: Cognitive, Emotive, and Behavioral Strategies

Disputation

Specific Suggestions

Disputation: Problems and Solutions

Therapist Strategies: Advanced Variations on a Theme

Comprehensive Treatment

Homework Assignments

Comprehensive Rational-Emotive Therapy

The Course of Therapy and Beyond

Training

Readings

Supervision and Further Training

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