Windy Dryden
Windy Dryden was the first Professor of Counselling in Britain, and is now a Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he runs the MSc course in Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. He has authored or edited 195 books, and edited twenty book series. He was the founding editor of the British Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy in 1982 and is now editor of the Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.
The Rational Emotive Behavioural Approach to Therapeutic Change
Despite its centrality within counselling and psychotherapy, surprisingly little has been written on the subject of change and in a way that is accessible for trainees and practitioners. The Rational... (more)
Handbook of Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy can be applied to the treatment of a wide range of problems in many different settings. In this unique handbook, Frank Bond and Windy Dryden, have brought together a... (more)
Getting Started with REBT: A Concise Guide for Clients
What is Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy? Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) encourages direct focus on emotional problems, encouraging understanding of the thoughts, beliefs and behaviour... (more)
The Practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Second Edition
This book begins with an explanation of rational emotive behavior therapy as a general treatment model and then addresses different treatment modalities, including individual, couple, family, and sex... (more)
Key Issues for Counselling in Action: Second Edition
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)
Understanding Emotional Problems: The REBT Perspective
Rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) is an approach to counselling and psychotherapy rooted in the CBT tradition and one that has a distinctive perspective on emotional problems. "Understanding... (more)
How to Think and Intervene Like an REBT Therapist
Trainee therapists often stick rigidly to the therapeutic guidelines that are taught to them in the lecture theatre, or adopted from a book, regardless of their approach. "How to Think and Intervene... (more)
Skills in Rational Emotive Behaviour Counselling and Psychotherapy
A practical guide to the application of the rational emotive behaviour approach at each stage of the therapeutic process. It focuses on skills which arise out of rational emotive behaviour theory as... (more)
Understanding Psychological Health: The REBT Perspective
This book draws on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) - which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioural problems and disturbances and enables people to lead happier and more fulfilling... (more)
The Historical and Philosophical Context of Rational Psychotherapy: The Legacy of Epictetus
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)
Counselling in a Nutshell: Second Edition
Counselling in a Nutshell does what it says on the tin - it is the most concise, accessible and AFFORDABLE introduction to counselling in general. In this second edition Professor Windy Dryden... (more)
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in a Nutshell: Second Edition
The book presents the key elements of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), both theory and practice, accessibly and in as few words as possible - it is a primer on REBT for beginning... (more)
The CBT Handbook
The most comprehensive text of its kind and an essential resource for trainees and practitioners alike. Comprising 26 accessible chapters from leading experts in the field, this book covers CBT... (more)
Learning from Mistakes in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
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)
Working with Resistance in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide
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)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapies
Comprising 12 accessible chapters from leading experts in the field, this book brings together in one volume the major approaches to CBT practised in Britain today and will prove essential reading... (more)
Rationality and Pluralism: The Selected Works of Windy Dryden
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)
The Handbook of Individual Therapy: Sixth Edition
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)
On Becoming a Psychotherapist
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)
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: Distinctive Features: Second Edition
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)
How to Get the Most Out of CBT: A Client's Guide
How to Get the Most Out of CBT: A Client's Guide is aimed at those who are either considering consulting a cognitive behaviour therapist or who are actually consulting such a therapist. Written by... (more)
How to Help Your Clients Get the Most Out of CBT: A Therapist's Guide
How to Help Your Clients Get the Most Out of CBT: A Therapist's Guide is a practical guide, which will show therapists, both experienced and novice, how to assist clients and help them decide whether... (more)
The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy
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)
Cognitive Behavioural Counselling in Action: Third Edition
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)
Rationality and Pluralism: The Selected Works of Windy Dryden
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)
Four Approaches to Counselling and Psychotherapy
Four Approaches to Counselling and Psychotherapy provides an essential introduction to and overview of the main models of psychotherapy and counselling. With a new preface from Windy Dryden, this... (more)
Single Session Integrated CBT (SSI-CBT): Distinctive Features
Until quite recently, therapist training was predicated on the notion that therapy is an ongoing process. Single Session Integrated CBT (SSI-CBT) questions this. In this book, Windy Dryden takes long... (more)
Very Brief Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (VBCBC)
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)
Handbook of Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
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)
Managing Low Self-Esteem
Managing Low Self Esteem charts Windy Dryden's work in running brief, structured, educationally-orientated, self-acceptance groups. The book is based on the principles of Rational Emotive Behaviour -... (more)