Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT.He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
"A masterly exposition of REBT skills by a master practitioner of them. An essential addition to your REBT reading list." Michael Neenan, Centre for REBT, Bromley, Kent Skills in Rational Emotive Behaviour Counselling and Psychotherapy is a practical guide to the application of the rational emotive behavior approach at each stage of the therapeutic process. Taking the reader through these stages, the book focuses on skills which arise out of rational emotive behavior theory as well as those invoked by the therapeutic relationship. Accessibly written by the authority in this field, Windy Dryden uses his thirty years of experience in REBT training to draw on skills that trainees and those seeking to incorporate REBT into their existing practice find particularly difficult. He discusses: Theoretical and practical features of REBT and the importance of the therapeutic allianceThe skills involved in the active-directive approachSpecific examples of clients' problemsHelping clients to identify and deal with core irrational beliefsHomework negotiation Common reasons for and skills in responding to client lack of progress For all those training in REBT or who wish to sharpen their skills as practitioners, this is essential reading.
