Rationality and pluralism : the selected works of Windy Dryden / Windy Dryden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dryden, Windy, author.

Series:

World Library of Mental Health

World library of mental health series

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rational emotive behavior therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (624 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Rational emotive behaviour therapy; Brief history; Basic assumptions; Origin and maintenance of problems; Change; Skills and strategies; Research evidence; 2. Past messages and disputations: the client and significant others; 3. Rational-emotive therapy and eclecticism; Therapeutic practice; Theory-inspired guidelines for choosing appropriate therapeutic procedures; Therapeutic style; Therapeutic modalities; 4. Rational-emotive therapy and cognitive therapy: a critical comparison; Development

Theoretical and philosophical underpinningsPractical issues; Conclusion; 5. Language and meaning in RET; The language of feeling; Premise language; Conclusion language; The language of change; Using words clients do not understand; Towards shared meaning in RET; 6. Vivid methods in rational-emotive therapy; Rationale for vivid methods in RET; Problem assessment; Disputing; Working through; The working-through process; Limitations of vivid methods in RET; 7. The therapeutic alliance in rational-emotive individual therapy; Bordin's (1979) concept of the therapeutic alliance; Failures in RET

8. Compromises in rational-emotive therapyIntroduction; Differences between rational-emotive therapy and other approaches to cognitive-behaviour therapy; Compromises; Conclusion; 9. Self-disclosure in rational-emotive therapy; The basic principles of rational-emotive therapy; The RET approaches to client self-disclosure; Therapist self-disclosure in RET; Overcoming obstacles to disclosure in clients and therapists; 10. Reason and emotion in psychotherapy: thirty years on; Rationality; Humanistic-existential emphasis; Psychological interactionism; The role of evaluative thinking

Ego disturbance and low frustration toleranceThe role of the musts; Awfulising; Self-rating vs. self-acceptance; Psychological health; Healthy and unhealthy negative emotions; Acquisition and perpetuation of psychological disturbance; Therapeutic change; The role of force and energy in change; The therapeutic relationship; Summary; 11. Rationality, outrageous ideas and sensitivity; Beyond belief: the shocking ABCs of REBT; Taking offence at 'shoulds'; On thinking the unthinkable; Conclusion

12. Understanding persons in the context of their problems: a rational emotive behaviour therapy perspectiveThe factors that need to be considered in developing a UPCP; UPCP in action; Using UPCP as a guide to therapeutic intervention with Jane; Conclusion; 13. My idiosyncratic practice of REBT; Introduction; Developing relationships with clients based on the principle of 'informed allies'; Developing a 'case formulation' with complex 'cases'; Developing an REBT-influenced 'problems and goals' list with clients

Focusing on specific examples of target problems at the beginning of therapy and working them through

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-135-08961-2

0-203-07001-1

1-299-31960-2

1-135-08962-0

9780203070017

OCLC:

831117959