Fundamentals of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

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 viiIntroduction 11 What you need to know about the theory of rational emotive behaviour therapy to get started 32 What you need to know about the practice of rational emotive behaviour therapy to get started 253 Teaching the 'ABCs' of REBT 454 Distinguishing between healthy and unhealthy negative emotions 615 Being specific in the assessment process 776 Assessing 'C' 797 Assessing the 'critical A' 878 Assessing irrational beliefs 919 Assessing meta-emotional problems 9710 Goal-setting 10311 Eliciting your client's commitment to change 11912 Preparing your client and yourself for the disputing process 13113 Disputing irrational beliefs: The three major arguments 13514 Socratic and didactic disputing of irrational beliefs 14515 Examples of Albert Ellis's disputing work 15516 Helping your client to understand the rationality of his or her rational beliefs 16117 Negotiating homework assignments 16918 Reviewing homework assignments 19319 Dealing with your clients' misconceptions of REBT theory and practice 205Appendix I: Homework skills monitoring form 217Appendix II: Possible reasons for not completing self-help assignments 221Appendix III: Training in rational emotive behaviour therapy 223References 225Index 227