Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Method of Treating Human Disturbances [Paperback]

Albert Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1999

When Dr. Ellis began practicing this groundbreaking new therapy in 1955, his was a little-heard voice. This book helped change it all--it was a pioneering work in cognitive-behavior therapy, presenting a powerful, brief, and effective psychological treatment. This revised edition includes all the important original theories and practices, as well as changes derived from clinical experience and experiementation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Citadel Pr; Revised edition (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806517905
• ISBN-13: 978-0806517902
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,619,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

(1913-2007) Albert Ellis held M.A and Ph.D. degrees in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University. He was the founder of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), the pioneering form of the modern Cognitive Behavior therapies. He was the president of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York, where he practiced individual and group psychotherapy, supervised and trained psychotherapists, and presented many talks and workshops at the Institute and throughout the world. He published over seven hundred articles and more than sixty books on psychotherapy, marital and family therapy, and sex therapy.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive text on cognitive-behavior therapy., July 9, 1998

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This review is from: Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy : A Comprehensive Method of Treating Human Disturbances : Revised and Updated (Hardcover)

The author has written the most lucid and powerful treatise dealing with the field of cognitive-behavior therapy in his work, "Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy". He continues to display his uncanny knack for communicating profound theories in plain, simple English that anyone can understand. This is a "must" read for professionals and laypeople alike who have an interest in knowing the most recent ideas and practices of the grandfather of cognitive-behavior therapy, Albert Ellis.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seminal work of founder of rational emotive therapy, September 22, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy : A Comprehensive Method of Treating Human Disturbances : Revised and Updated (Hardcover)

This is the seminal book about the development and application of rational emotive therapy. At some point, it was ranked one the the ten most influential books. Ellis' assesses the deficencies in traditional psychotherapy he was trained to practice and his drive to create rational emotive therapy in an insightful and honest evaulation. I do not know if many would be as honest or as creative as he. Each chapter adds significant value towards building the principles of RET. This is a book that changed the way I think about emotion and cognition. Many similar books are watered down, popular versions. It's insightful and revealing to go to the source.

4 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ellis is innovative but extremely dogmatic., November 14, 1996

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This review is from: Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy : A Comprehensive Method of Treating Human Disturbances : Revised and Updated (Hardcover)

Ellis is extraordinarily repetitive. If you read one chapter it is as good as having read the entire book; actually, it is as good as having read all of his books. He has innovated a useful and worthwhile new approach to psychotherapy, but he overrates it tremendously. His writing is sometimes a narrow dogmatism and he is (albeit rarely) rather bigoted, against certain groups and also against those who disagree with him.