Windy Dryden is in part-time clinical and consultative practice and is an international authority on REBT. He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 45 years and is the author and editor of over 285 books.
Why do people want to become a psychotherapist? How do they translate this desire into reality? On Becoming a Psychotherapist explores these and related questions. Ten leading therapists write about... (more)
In Very Brief Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Windy Dryden presents VBCBC: a unique approach to coaching from a cognitive behavioural perspective which takes place over the course of one to three... (more)
This classic text has helped over 50,000 students wishing to understand the key counselling and psychotherapy approaches. This sixth edition is the most comprehensive update since it was first... (more)
Cognitve therapy, developed by Aaron Beck in the US in the 1960s, is a structured, time-limited, problem-focused and research based system of psychotherapy which seeks to identify, examine and modify... (more)
Supervision is a professional and ethical necessity for all counsellors, providing them with consultative and supportive aid while protecting clients from potential abuse - yet relatively little has... (more)
This accessible book explores the issues involved in both the training and supervision of counsellors and in the preparation of those who are to undertake supervisory and training roles. The number... (more)
What is the experience of counselling from the perspectives of both client and counsellor? What can be learned for the practice of counselling from an understanding of how it feels to be a client or... (more)
Effective counselling is based on a strong working relationship between counsellor and client. Building and maintaining this therapeutic alliance, demands both skill and an ability to negotiate... (more)
This volume contains 30 useful hints and reminders to help both trainee and practising counsellors examine and improve key areas of their work. The book encourages counsellors to focus on areas that... (more)
This book outlines the major strategies and techiques that are most closely associated with REBT and is primarily intended for those who work in a counselling role with individuals who are not... (more)
Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. Single Session Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques presents the 100 main features of this way of working, providing an accessible, succinct... (more)
Single-Session Therapy: Distinctive Features provides a general introduction to the field of Single-Session Therapy (SST). Written by eminent clinician and author Windy Dryden, this book... (more)
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) encourages the client to focus on their emotional problems in order to understand and change the irrational beliefs that underpin these problems. Following... (more)
In this unique handbook, Frank Bond and Windy Dryden, have brought together a prominent cast of authors, to discuss issues concerning the definition, assessment and, in particular, the practice of... (more)
A practical resource that your students can return to again and again to guide and coordinate their pluralistic practice, it provides:
*Hands-on guidance to developing pluralistic practice:... (more)
This textbook is part of a series which provides both professional counsellors and psychology students with guidelines on the use of brief therapy. This is a process which involves a limited number... (more)
The authors develop the cognitive-behavioural counselling approach by offering new conceptualizations of many common client problems. They suggest that effective interventions need to take account of... (more)
A brand new edition of this highly popular guide to a much used approach. Combining the theoretical with the practical, the book provides an accessible guide for newcomers to this form of... (more)
This best-selling, practical, evidence-based guide to the cognitive behavioural approach takes you step-by-step through the process of counselling, from initial contact with the client to termination... (more)
This book brings together the papers written by the authors over the last fifteen years on the historical and philosophical foundations of Albert Ellis' Rational Psychotherapy (later Rational Emotive... (more)
The way we think profoundly influences the way we feel and behave. Therefore, it can be said that learning to think differently can enable us to feel and act differently. Derived from the methods of... (more)
This comprehensive guide views stress counselling and management from a multimodal perspective. Clear guidelines show practitioners how they can give their clients the most effective help for their... (more)
The Relevance of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy for Modern CBT and Psychotherapy explores the contemporary relevance of this treatment for modern psychotherapy, from the point of view of a... (more)
In this book, Windy Dryden selects the eight ideas that have had the most influence on him in his career as a psychotherapist, and which form the bedrock of his work.
These ideas reflect both... (more)
This book aims to assist therapists in helping their clients decide if Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is for them and, if so, how to get the most out of the model.
It does not seek... (more)
This title features seminars by Professor Windy Dryden. See the man live and in action. 'A remarkably useful book for the practitioners of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and other kinds of... (more)
Leading psychologist, lecturer, and author Windy Dryden has compiled his most valuable writings on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy from the last thirty five years. This collection reveals the... (more)
Mistakes are often an inevitable part of training; Learning from Mistakes in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy encourages the trainee to pinpoint potential errors at the earliest possible stage in... (more)
Productive therapeutic change is facilitated when the therapist and client have a good therapeutic relationship, share views on salient therapeutic matters, agree on goals to enhance client... (more)
In this book, Windy Dryden brings together the four major strands that have shaped his idiosyncratic approach to clinical practice - (i) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; (ii) flexibility in practice;... (more)