This is a second edition of a well-received and successful text first published by Oxford in 1980. Designed for both therapists-in-training and seasoned professionals, the work introduces the basic principles of rational-emotive therapy, explains general therapeutic strategies, and offers many
illustrative dialogues between therapist and patient. The authors have extensively revised the book to include many of the clinical findings which have accumulated over the last decade.

This is a second edition of a well-received and successful text first published by Oxford in 1980. Designed for both therapists-in-training and seasoned professionals, the work introduces the basic principles of rational-emotive therapy, explains general therapeutic strategies, and offers many illustrative dialogues between therapist and patient. The authors have extensively revised the book to include many of the clinical findings which have accumulated over the last decade.

• PART I
• THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF RET
• Rational
• emotive philosophy
• Rational
• emotive theory
• Rational
• emotive therapy
• PART II
• GENERAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES
• Getting therapy off to a good start
• Basic therapeutic skills
• PART III
• THE ABCS OF RET
• ASSESSMENT
• The A
• The C
• The B
• More about B
• PART IV
• GETTING DOWN TO D, THERAPY
• Disputation
• Cognitive, emotive, and behavioral strategies
• Disputation
• Specific suggestions
• Disputation
• Problems and solutions
• Therapist strategies
• Advanced variations on a theme
• PART V
• COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT
• Homework assignments
• Comprehensive Rational
• emotive therapy
• The course of therapy and beyond
• PART VI
• TRAINING
• Readings
• Supervision and further training
• References
• Answer key
• Index