ABSTRACT

Leading psychologist, lecturer, and author Windy Dryden has compiled his most valuable writings on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy from the last thirty five years. This collection reveals the thinking, concepts and practical experience that have made Dryden one of the most respected and cited REBT authorities of our time.

Dryden has authored or edited over 195 books and established Europe’s first Masters in REBT. While his primary allegiance remains with REBT, he has published extensively on CBT and the wider issues of psychotherapy.

Dryden’s pluralistic perspective on REBT comes through in such seminal pieces as:

  • The therapeutic alliance in rational-emotive individual therapy
  • Compromises in rational-emotive therapy
  • Adapting CBT to a broad clientele
  • Unconditional self-acceptance and self-compassion

chapter 1|5 pages

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

(Albert Ellis, 1913–2007)

chapter 2|3 pages

Past Messages and Disputations

The Client and Significant Others

chapter 4|13 pages

Rational-Emotive Therapy and Cognitive Therapy

A Critical Comparison *

chapter 5|9 pages

Language and Meaning in RET

chapter 10|12 pages

Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy

Thirty Years On

chapter 12|17 pages

Understanding Persons in the Context of their Problems

A Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy Perspective

chapter 15|9 pages

Rebt's Situational ABC Model

chapter 17|11 pages

Resilience and Rationality

chapter 18|11 pages

The Importance of Choice in Therapy

From the Perspective of a, Hopefully Flexible, CBT Practitioner

chapter 19|8 pages

Albert Ellis and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

A Personal Reflection

chapter 21|17 pages

Dealing with Procrastination

The REBT Approach and a Demonstration Session