Clinical Applications of Rational-Emotive Therapy
Since its launching in 1955, rational-emotive therapy (RET) has become one of the most influential forms of counseling and psychotherapy used by literally thousands of mental health practitioners throughout the world. From its beginnings, RET has dealt wi
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Clinical Applications of Rational-Emotive Therapy Edited by
Albert Ellis Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy New York, New York
and
Michael E. Bernard University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Plenum Press • New York and London
library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Clinical applications of rational-emotive therapy. Includes bibliographies and index. l. Rational-emotive psychotherapy. I. Ellis, Albert. II. Bernard, Michael Edwin, 1950. [DNLM: 1. Mental Disorders-therapy. 2. Psychotherapy. WM 420 A6515j RC489.R3A66 1985 616.89'14 85-3709
ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-9506-8 001: 10.1007/978-1-4613-2485-0
e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-2485-0
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Contributors MICHAEL E. BERNARD. Department of Education, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia MICHAEL S. BRODER. Philadelphia Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Clinical psychologist in private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania IAN M. CAMPBELL. Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia RAYMOND A. DIGIUSEPPE. Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy, New York, New York ALBERT ELLIS. Executive Director, Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy, New York, New York VINCENT GREENWOOD. Washington Center for Cognitive Therapy, 5525 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. PAUL A. HAUCK • Clinical psychologist in private practice, Rock Island, Illinois WILLIAM J. KNAUS. Psychologist in private practice, Longmeadow, Massachusetts ROSE OLIVER • Clinical psychologist in private practice, New York, New York. Staff psychotherapist, Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy, New York, New York HARRY SOBEL. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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SUSAN R. WALEN • Baltimore Center for Cognitive Therapy, Baltimore, Maryland. Department of Psychology, Towson State University, Towson, Maryland GARY WITKIN. Behavior Modifiers, Valley Stream, New York JANET L. WOLFE • Associate Executive Director, Institute for RationalEmotive Therapy, New York, New York CYNTHIA ZEEVE • Stanford University, Stanford, California
Preface Since its launching in 1955, rational-emotive therapy (RET) has become one of the most influential forms of counseling and psychotherapy used by literally thousands of mental health practitioners throughout the world. From its beginnings, RET has dealt with problems of human disturbance. It presents a theory of how people primarily disturb themselves and what they can do, particularly with the help of a therapist or counselor, to reduce their distur
