ABSTRACT

This book draws on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) - which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioural problems and disturbances and enables people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives - to provide an understanding of psychological health. Each chapter looks at an important aspect of psychological health and then discusses it in relation to the REBT approach.

Divided into two parts the book looks first at how people can remain psychologically healthy in the face of adversity and then goes on to discuss how these healthy philosophies underpin certain key areas of psychological health. As such, topics of discussion include:

  • flexibility
  • acceptance
  • self-motivation
  • resilience.

Understanding Psychological Health will be of great interest to all therapists in both practice and training.

part |2 pages

PART 1 The basics of psychological health: being healthy in the face of adversity

chapter 2|23 pages

Flexibility

chapter 3|14 pages

Non-awfulising

chapter 4|17 pages

Discomfort tolerance

chapter 5|26 pages

Acceptance

part |2 pages

PART 2 Psychological health: beyond the basics

chapter 6|18 pages

Self-motivation

chapter 7|13 pages

Self-discipline

chapter 8|22 pages

Resilience

chapter 9|16 pages

Tolerance of uncertainty

chapter 10|15 pages

Self-control