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Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings and Behaviors: New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Albert Ellis
ISBN-13: 9781573928793, ISBN-10: 1573928798
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: July 2001
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Albert Ellis

Book Synopsis

	Acknowledgments	11
	Introduction	13
Pt. I	New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
1	Profound Therapy: Helping People to Feel Better and Get Better	17
2	Using Postmodernism and Constructivism in Psychotherapy	37
3	Issues in Counseling in the Postmodern Era	51
4	Why Rational Emotive Therapy to Rational Emotive Bahavior Therapy?	59
5	REBT Diminishes Much of the Human Ego	67
6	Special Features of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy	79
7	The Humanism of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy	89
8	General Semantics and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy	99
9	The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy is Specific Technique and Skill	115
10	Brief Therapy: The Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Method	125
11	Vigorous REBT Disputing and the Technique of Rational Emotive Imagery: Handouts for Clients	147
12	REBT and Marriage and Family Therapy	153
13	REBT and Its Application to Group Therapy	173
14	The Use of Hypnosis and REBT	195
15	REBT as an Internal Control Psychotherapy	209
16	The Importance of Cognitive Processing in Facilitating Accepting in Psychotherapy	223
17	The Rise of Cognitive Behavior Therapy	245
18	The Future of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy	255
Pt. II	Treating Specific Emotional and Behavioral Problems and Severe Personality Disorders With Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
19	Some Main Treatment Practices of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy	265
20	Treating Individuals with Depressive Disorders	293
21	Treating Individuals with Anxiety Disorders	305
22	Treating Individuals with Low Frustration Tolerance	323
23	Treating Elderly People with Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances	329
24	Treating Individuals with Severe Perfectionism	337
25	Treating Individuals with Morbid Jealousy	347
26	Treating Individuals with Addictive Behaviors	355
27	Treating Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorders	361
28	Treating Individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders	373
29	Treating Individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders	389
30	Tentative Conclusion	401
	Selected References	403
	Index	413
	About the Author	421