Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

by Ellis, Albert

• ISBN13: 9781591021841
• ISBN10: 1591021847
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

Albert Ellis, the renowned creator of one of the most successful forms of psychotherapy -- Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) -- offers this candid self-assessment, which reveals how he overcame his own mental and physical problems using the techniques of REBT. Part memoir and part self-help guide, this very personal story traces the private struggles that Ellis faced from early childhood to well into his adult life. Whether you are already familiar with Ellis's many best-selling psychology books or are discovering his work for the first time, you will gain many insights into how to deal with your problems by seeing how Ellis learned to cope with his own serious challenges.

Author Biography

Albert Ellis, PhD, the is the president of the Albert Ellis Institute for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. He has practiced psychotherapy, marriage and family counseling, and sex therapy for over sixty-one years

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	11	(2)
Introduction: The Beginnings of My Coping with My Disabilities	13	(12)
My Bout with Severe Headaches	25	(10)
Early Hospitalization	35	(8)
Separation Anxiety in the Hospital	43	(6)
Coping with Abysmal Parental Neglect	49	(16)
Other Childhood Difficulties	65	(8)
How I Stopped Procrastinating	73	(8)
Coping with Failing, Especially in My Love Affairs	81	(22)
Coping with Failing, Especially at Writing	103	(10)
Dealing with Damnation for My Atheistic Views	113	(8)
Coping with My Poor Eyesight	121	(4)
Coping with Sex Shame and Other Shame	125	(14)
The Censorship of My First PhD Thesis	139	(8)
Coping with My Irritability and Anger	147	(14)
Conducting My Lifelong Battle with Diabetes	161	(10)
Coping with My Parents' Divorce	171	(6)
How I Used My Social Failings to Become a ``Real'' Philosopher	177	(20)
Succeeding in Spite of Neglect and Opposition	197	(10)
An Example of Where REBT Has Helped Me in My Personal Life	207	(2)
Coping with My Divorces	209	(10)
An Example Where REBT Has Not Personally Worked for Me	219	(4)
My Philosophy of Sex Revolution	223	(2)
Sequence of the Main Events of Albert Ellis's Recent Experiences with Serious Health Ailments	225	(8)
The Care You Expect and the Care You Get When You Are Really Ailing	233	(6)
Appendix	239	(14)
Selected References	253	(4)
About the Author	257	(2)
Index	259