Windy Dryden

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

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Produktbeschreibung

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions aims to answer the 50 most frequently asked questions on REBT by trainees, novice practitioners, and clients themselves.

Produktdetails

• 50 FAQs in Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9781032692050
• ISBN-10: 1032692057
• Artikelnr.: 70146568

Autorenporträt

Windy Dryden is an Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University of London and is in part-time independent practice. His interests are in REBT, single-session therapy and very brief interventions and promoting self-help.Professor Dryden has written or edited over 280 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: The Nature of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in
Context Question 1. What is Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy? Question 2.
Why Have You Changed Some of REBT's Basic Terminology? Question 3. What Is
Meant by the ABC Framework in REBT? Moreover, Isn't This Framework Overly
Simplistic? Question 4. What Is the Difference Between Healthy and
Unhealthy Negative Emotions? Question 5. How Can a Therapist and a Client
Know if a Client's Negative Emotion is Healthy or Unhealthy? Question 6.
What Are the Differences Between Rigid/Extreme Attitudes and
Flexible/Non-Extreme Attitudes in REBT? Question 7. What Is Ego-Based and
Non-Ego-Based Disturbance in REBT, How Are They Different, and How Are They
Clinically Valuable for the Practitioner? Question 8. Why Does REBT Not
Advocate Helping Clients to Raise Their Self-Esteem? Question 9. What Is
the Difference Between Helping People Feel Better and Get Better? Question
10. What Are the Differences Between Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy? Question 11. Is REBT a Transdiagnostic
Approach to Therapy? Question 12. What Advantages Does REBT Have Which
Would Make a Client Seek This Form of Psychotherapy? Question 13. What Does
REBT Mean to Help Clients Become Less Disturbable, and Do Most Achieve This
Goal? Part 2: The Practice of REBT Question 14. What Is the Role of the
Therapeutic Alliance in REBT? Question 15. Do You Have to Practice REBT
Like Albert Ellis? Question 16. Which Client Factors Contribute to a Good
Outcome or a Poor Outcome in REBT? Question 17. Which Therapist Factors
Contribute to a Good Outcome or a Poor Outcome in REBT? Question 18. How Do
REBT Therapists Begin Therapy with New Clients? Question 19. How Are
Therapy Sessions Structured in REBT? Question 20. Does the REBT Therapist's
Behaviour Change over the Process of REBT? Question 21. How Does REBT View
Case Conceptualisation, and How Does This Differ from Generic CBT Case
Conceptualisation? Question 22. What Is Meant by a Meta-Psychological
Disturbance in REBT, and How Is It Addressed in Therapeutic Practice?
Question 23. What Cognitive, Emotive and Behavioural Homework Assignments
Do REBT Therapists Commonly Use? Question 24. When REBT Integrates
Techniques and Ideas Found in Other Forms of Psychotherapy, How Does It Go
About Doing So? Question 25. How Is Lack of Client Progress Conceptualised
in REBT? Question 26. How Can Clients Be Harmed in REBT, and What Can Be
Done to Prevent Such Harm? Part 3: Miscellaneous Questions Question 27.
What Common Mistakes Should Novice Practitioners Avoid When Doing REBT?
Question 28. How Important Is Using Language Accurately in REBT? Question
29. What Training Is Necessary to Become a Skilled REBT Practitioner?
Question 30. What Activities Do You Think Can Best Help REBT Practitioners
Hone Their Skills in REBT? Question 31. Does REBT Only Apply to Alleviate
Disturbance, or Can It Assist the Client in Pursuing Meaning, Life
Satisfaction and Happiness? Question 32. Why Do You Think REBT Is Less
Popular Now Than It Was? Part 4: Personal Questions about REBT Question
33. What Drew You to REBT as Opposed to Any Other Therapeutic Approach?
Question 34. Which Ideas or Techniques Have You Personally Found Most
Helpful as a Practitioner in REBT? Question 35. How Have You Combined Your
Interest in REBT with Your Interest in Single-Session Therapy? Question 36.
I Understand You Used to Have a Bad Stammer as a Teenager. Did You Deal
with This Problem in Ways that Were Consistent with REBT? Question 37. How
Have You Applied REBT in Your Life since Becoming an REBT Therapist? Part
5: FAQs from Clients Question 38. REBT States that Events Do Not Cause
Emotions. I Can See This Is the Case When Adverse Events Are Mild or
Moderate, but Don't Very Adverse Events Like Being Raped or Losing a Loved
One Cause Disturbed Emotions? Question 39. I Am Worried about the Principle
of Emotional Responsibility. Doesn't It Lead to Blaming the Victim?
Question 40. If I Disturb Myself about Your Bad Behaviour, for Example,
Won't that Lead You to Say that My Response Has Nothing to Do with Your
Behaviour and Is This Not a Cop-Out on Your Behalf? Question 41. I Get the
Impression that REBT Neglects the Past. Am I Right? Question 42. Doesn't
the REBT Concept of Acceptance Encourage Complacency? Question 43. Doesn't
REBT Encourage Selfishness? Question 44. I Understand the Ideas of REBT
Intellectually, but I Find It Hard to Be Convinced of Them. What Can I Do?
Question 45. How Do You Respond to the Criticism that REBT Therapists
Brainwash Their Clients? Question 46. But Don't REBT Therapists Tell Their
Clients What to Feel and What to Do? Question 47. Don't REBT Therapists
Prevent Clients from Finding Their Own Solutions to Their Problems?
Question 48. Isn't REBT Too Confrontational? Question 49. Isn't It the Case
that REBT Is Only Concerned with Changing Attitudes? Question 50. REBT
Relies Heavily on the Verbal Interchange Between Therapist and Client. It
Also Advocates Concepts that Are Difficult to Grasp. Doesn't This Mean REBT
Only Works with Highly Verbal, Intelligent Clients?

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Part 1 WORKING ALLIANCE ISSUES; Part 2 EDUCATIONAL ISSUES; Part 3 DEALING WITH MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT REBT; Part 4 TECHNICAL ISSUES; Part 5 ENCOURAGING CHANGE WORK; Part 6 DIALECTICAL EXAMINATION; Part 7 DEALING WITH OBSTACLES TO CHANGE; Part 8 CREATIVITY I: GENERAL ISSUES; Part 9 CREATIVITY II: THE USE OF REBT IN SINGLE-SESSION THERAPY; PART 10 DEVELOP YOURSELF PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY