Getting Started with REBT: A Concise Guide for Clients Book

Introduction     1
Preparing You to Give Informed Consent     3
The Theory of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy     5
How REBT Makes Sense of Emotional Problems and the Healthy Alternatives to these Problems     6
The Situational ABC Model     8
Characteristics of Irrational Beliefs and Rational Beliefs     14
Demands Versus Non-dogmatic Preferences     16
Awfulising Beliefs Versus Anti-awfulising Beliefs     19
Low Frustration Tolerance Beliefs Versus High Frustration Tolerance Beliefs     23
Depreciation Beliefs Versus Acceptance Beliefs     28
The Practice of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy     33
REBT is Problem-focused     34
REBT is Goal-directed     35
REBT is Structured and Logical in its Practice     36
REBT has an Educational Focus     38
REBT is Primarily Present-centred and Future-oriented     39
REBT has a Skills Emphasis     40
In REBT, the Therapist is Largely Active and Directive     41
The Process of REBT     43
It's Decision Time     45
Dealing with Emotional Problems Using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy     47
Formulate Problems and Set Goals     49
Formulate Your Emotional Problems     50
Set Goals     52
Assess Specific Examples of Your Emotional Problems     55
Describe the "Situation"     56
Identify Your Disturbed Reactions at "C"     57
Identify Your "A"     63
Identify Your Goals in the ABC     65
Identify Your Beliefs     74
Review, and the Importance of Practising Your ABCs     78
Identify any Meta-emotional Problems     80
Question Your Irrational and Rational Beliefs     83
Question Your Demands and Non-dogmatic Preferences     85
Question Your Awfulising and Anti-awfulising Beliefs     88
Question Your LFT and HFT Beliefs     91
Question Your Depreciation and Acceptance Beliefs     94
Variations on a Theme     97
The Importance of Practising Your Disputing Skills     101
Strengthen Your Conviction in Your Rational Beliefs     103
Use the Attack-response Technique     105
Use Rational-emotive Imagery     109
Teach Rational Beliefs to Others     112
Use Rational Self-statements     113
Rehearse your Rational Beliefs while Acting and Thinking in Ways that are Consistent with these Beliefs      114
Other Issues     117
Reconsider "A"     118
Identify and Deal with Core Irrational Beliefs     122
A Final Word     125
References     127