It's Not As Bad As It Seems [Paperback]

Ed Nottingham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1993 | ISBN-10: 0916693163 | ISBN-13: 978-0916693169 | Edition: 2

Note: See cover4.pdf for endorsements that have been obtained, reviews, etc., and I would like to include: Praise for Earlier Editions on the back cover as illustrated. Other comments are also included in the front section of the book

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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From Scientific American

(Dr. Nottingham) has written a practical book for the millions who find themselves plagued by depression, anxiety, hostility, frustration, self-pity or other self-defeating reactions to their world.

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This book presents the main principles and practices of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) in an unusually clear and understandable manner. It can be quite helpful to a great many psychotherapy clients and to other readers. -- Albert Ellis, Ph.D., President, Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy, author of A New Guide to Rational Living

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Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Castle Books Inc; 2 edition (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916693163
• ISBN-13: 978-0916693169
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,347,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Intro to REBT, June 18, 2006

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Micah Perkins "micah perkins . com" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Not As Bad As It Seems (Paperback)

This is a self help book written for the general public, which introduces basic concepts of REBT to the reader. Nottingham presents these concepts in a straight forward, easy to understand manner. He shows how to apply these principles to depression, relationship problems, anxiety, and low frustration. He gives transcripts of (fictional) therapy therapy sessions and shows how REBT may be applied in therapy. He encourages the reader to "be the therapist" and consider what the reader would do in the session. At the end of each chapter he gives "homework assignments".

I only have a few minor criticisms of the book. I believe that, when explaining Unconditional Acceptance, Nottingham could have been more elegant in his explanation. In my opinion, he used primarily an inferential argument. Second, I would have preferred that he stuck with Ellis' traditional ABC model. Nottingham chose to add two additional letters- F for Feeling and G for New Goal. Although this may be helpful, I believe that it may be confusing for the new REBTer who is learning the ABC model for the first time and notices the discrepancy with other sources. Last, some may criticize this book for being too easy of a read. But, for me, it is nice to see a book that one can read relaxingly. If Ellis' books are just too overwhelming, then this is the book for you.

Albert Ellis reviewed this book and stated

"This book presents the main principles and practices of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) in an unusually clear and understandable manner. It can be quite helpful to a great many psychotherapy clients and to other readers."

If I could, I would buy 50,000 copies of this book and give them to every single person I met.