This essential primer, amply illustrated with case examples featuring
diverse clients, is perfect for graduate students studying theories of
therapy and counseling, as well as for seasoned practitioners interested
in understanding how rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) has
evolved and how it might be used in their practice.
Created in the 1950s by the legendary Albert Ellis, rational emotive
behavior therapy (REBT) teaches clients to challenge their irrational
thinking. REBT is based on the simple idea that it is not external
circumstances that make a person happy or unhappy, but rather internal
thoughts about events or oneself. Thinking, feeling, and behavior are
seen as linked and influencing one another. Because changing one's
thinking is usually the simplest tactic in a given situation, it tends
to be the focus of therapy, alongside the humanistic core REBT
philosophies of unconditional self-acceptance, unconditional
other-acceptance, and unconditional life-acceptance. Because changing
one's thinking is usually the simplest tactic in a given situation, it
tends to be the focus of therapy, alongside the humanistic core REBT
philosophies of unconditional self-acceptance, unconditional
other-acceptance, and unconditional life-acceptance.
This second edition includes updated clinical research, as well as a
thorough examination of the important distinctions between REBT and
cognitive-behavior approaches.
