The Practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Second Edition (SPRINGER SERIES ON BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE)

Great

Book is great but the print is smudged wish I can return it feels more like a photocopy not a springer publication

カウンセリングは、カウンセラーの人生そのものが反映されるよなー、ということが伝わってきます。エリス先生は、自分の生き方を職人的に、且つ、ポップに心理療法に凝縮して、ひとつの技法として確立したんですね。REBTは理論として、カチッとした方法論をもっていますが、エリス先生自身は最初からそんなにカチッとやろうとしてたのかなー、と思います。健康心理学、産業分野に関わる心理のひとは選択肢のひとつとして使えるようになったらいいと思います。

I am a clinical mental health counselor and I bought this book to learn how to apply REBT to my practice.So far, I have learned so much and I find myself rereading pages to cement concepts and make sure I keep them in my memory.I highly recommend this to therapists and students.

RE-CBT is wonderful. Read this before your primary and advance practicum trainings and you’ll fair well :) Or, read it if you’re simply interested in the philosophical underpinnings of RE-CBT and all it has to offer; either way, it’s one of the better RE-CBT books to have, own, read, Re-read and/or reference. Moreover, there’s no such thing as gravity; the world just sucks. This book will help you rationally embrace the suck and to effectively do so.

When I read this (from the book): "The essence of human emotional disturbance consists of the absolutistic "must's" and "must not's" that people think about their failure, about their rejections, about their poor treatment by others, and about life's frustrations and losses. To avoid emotional disturbance, they can be surrendered if they give up their absolutistic demands on themselves, other people and the universe. And at the same time, have strong and persistent desires, wishes, and preferences, and to avoid feelings of detachment, withdrawal, and lack of involvement." I was shocked. This is just what I needed to finally understand why I felt so much anger and got anxious after wood when "other people" acted so irrationally, not to say stupidly. I understood it right that moment: they're not the problem, it's me.

Recommended for couples that will go to a EBT therapist, but if both parties are into reading and fixing the issues going on in the relationship, this book will work. It works great to pin point the behaviors and patterns we get into with each other that might be detrimental to our relationship. It give tools for those that might not be able to pin point emotions well the ability to say...yeah that's me and we need to fix this. Great book. Worth reading. Five strong stars.....