Albert Ellis (guide)
Written by the "creators" of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CT) and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Albert Ellis, Ph.D. and Robert A. Harper, Ph.D., A Guide to Rational Living, serves as a tool for self-therapy for those who are willing to work using the techniques listed in this book. By using these techniques, one can learn to change their irrational beliefs, or IBs. IBs are beliefs that something " ABSOLUTLY MUST happen, and it is COMPLETELY AWFUL or TERRIBLE if it does not". The goal of this book is to teach individuals how to change the IBs to rational beliefs (RBs) such as "It is PREFERRED that something happens, and though it may be inconvenient or painful if it doesn't, it's not COMPLETELY AWFUL or TERRIBLE". Studies, by many well known Psychologists and Psychiatrists, have shown that by changing their belief system, individuals' feelings and behaviors improve. Along with the studies, the authors of A Guide to Rational Living have used these methods, and have strong backgrounds in these methods that help boost the evidence. Born in Pittsburgh, Albert Ellis, Ph.D., holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology, both from Columbia University. He is the founde
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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