A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Therapy (Paperback)

by Susan Walen (Author), Raymond Digiuseppe (Author), Windy Dryden (Author) "Perhaps more than any other system of psychotherapy, RET grows out of and actively utilizes strong philosophical underpinnings..." (more)
Key Phrases: disputational strategies, rational role reversal, core irrational beliefs, New York, Albert Ellis, Springer Publishing (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
From reviews of the first edition: "Among the scores of books dealing with Albert Ellis's rational-emotive therapy (RET), this one is unsurpassed as a how-to-do-it handbook for professionals. . . . This guide is complete, readable, and clear, and. . . will benefit any therapist-in-training and many therapists whose formal training is complete." --Contemporary Psychology

"This is a well-written, well-organized and clinically powerful summary of how to conduct rational-emotive therapy." --The Behavior Therapist

"I was deeply impressed with how the authors conceptualized various client problems and appropriate treatments. . . Anyone interested in observing the thought processes of experienced clinicians at work would find this text a delight to read." --The School Counselor

Product Description
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 many illustrative 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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 377 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (October 29, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195071697
• ISBN-13: 978-0195071696
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #268,583 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly THE best overview of REBT for therapists., April 24, 2000

By	Robert - See all my reviews

While Ellis is the originator of REBT, he may or may not be the best author on the subject. Walen, Dryden and DiGiusseppe provide the underlying philosophy, the nuts-and-bolts, a boatload of techniques, and special applications of the therapy. I use REBT in practice, and this is the text to which I refer most often. If you are a therapist considering learning more about REBT and how to use it in practice, this is the book for you.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource!, April 23, 2002

By	Andreas Fellner "afellner" (München) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is certainly one of the best books about REBT for therapists. Walen et al. do a great job to explain the basic concepts of REBT and how to get them across to clients.
They deal with difficult situations and how to solve them. Their systematic step-by-step approach of doing REBT consists of:
- Getting at the A's
- Getting at the C's
- Getting at the B's (a crucial point in therapy)
- Disputation: general and specific strategies
- Homework assignments
- The course of therapy

Numerous case examples illustrate the authors' points.
This book is a great reference book!