Stress Counseling: A Rational Emotive Behaviour Approach

by Albert Ellis, Jack Gordon, Michael Neenan

This text describes the theory, practice and assessment of the rational emotive behaviour approach to stress counselling and psychotherapy. The book discusses techniques and solutions to common problems, and also gives guidance on conducting group work. It deals with suicide, substance abuse, anorexia, binge eating, panic attacks and personality disorder.

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1996

About the author

Albert Ellis was an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). He held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded and was the President of the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute for decades.
He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and the founder of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Based on a 1982 professional survey of USA and Canadian psychologists, he was considered as the second most influential psychotherapist in history (Carl Rogers ranked first in the survey; Sigmund Freud was ranked third).