Rational emotive behaviour therapy in India : very brief therapy for problems of daily living / Windy Dryden.

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in India: Very Brief Therapy for Problems of Daily Living is the first book of its kind to look specifically at using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) for helping people with problems that are common in India. Based on training workshops given by Professor...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Dryden, Windy (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Endorsement; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Introduction; Note; Chapter 1 Understanding problems of daily living and their possible solution: Contributions from Rational Emotive ... ; REBT's ABC framework; A = Adversity; B = Basic attitude; Why 'basic attitudes' and not 'beliefs'; Rigid and extreme basic attitudes; Rigid attitudes; Extreme attitudes; Awfulising attitudes; Discomfort intolerance attitudes; Devaluation attitudes; Flexible and non-extreme basic attitudes; Flexible attitudes; Non-extreme attitudes; Non-awfulising attitudes.
  • Discomfort tolerance attitudesUnconditional acceptance attitudes; C = Consequences; Unhealthy consequences; Healthy consequences; Understanding problematic responses to adversity; Anxiety; How a person unwittingly maintains anxiety; Depression; Autonomous depression; Sociotropic depression; How a person unwittingly maintains depression; Guilt; How a person unwittingly maintains guilt; Shame; How a person unwittingly maintains shame; Hurt; How a person unwittingly maintains hurt; Problematic anger; How a person unwittingly maintains problematic anger; Problematic jealousy.
  • How a person unwittingly maintains problematic jealousyProblematic envy; How a person unwittingly maintains problematic envy; Understanding healthy responses to adversity; Concern: The healthy alternative to anxiety; Sadness: The healthy alternative to depression; Remorse: The healthy alternative to guilt; Disappointment: The healthy alternative to shame; Sorrow: The healthy alternative to hurt; Non-problematic anger: The healthy alternative to problematic anger; Non-problematic jealousy: The healthy alternative to problematic jealousy.
  • Non-problematic envy: The healthy alternative to problematic envySummary; Notes; Chapter 2 The practice of REBT in very brief therapeutic conversations; My goals as an REBT therapist in VBTCs; The case of 'Vera'; Four conditions for rapid change; Knowing what to do to change; Having a committed reason to change; Taking appropriate action; Being prepared to accept the costs of personal change, if any; My therapeutic tasks in VBTCs; Adopting a problem-focused approach at the outset; Selecting and working with a target problem; Working with a specific example of the target problem.
  • Understanding the target problem in contextAssessing the target problem; Assessing 'C'; Assessing the emotional 'C'; Assessing the behavioural 'C'; Assessing the cognitive 'C'; Assessing 'A'; Assuming 'A' is true; Agreeing to deal with the adversity; Being goal-oriented with respect to adversity; The adversity in goal-setting remains the same as in the problem; Helping the volunteer to set goals at 'C'; Helping the volunteer to set an emotional goal; Helping the volunteer to set behavioural goals; Helping the volunteer to set cognitive goals; Assessing 'B'