Working with Resistance in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide - Softcover

Dryden, Windy; Neenan, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041566750X ISBN 13: 9780415667500

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

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 well-being, and understand what they each have to do to achieve the goals of therapy. In this book Windy Dryden and Michael Neenan address the difficulties that both client and therapist bring to rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) when either party is resistant to change.

Divided into two parts, Client Resistance and Therapist Resistance, Working with Resistance in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy tackles the challenges experienced by both client and clinician when using REBT. Addressing issues of resistance enables both the client and practitioner to move beyond problems in the consulting room and build a more productive relationship, resulting in more effective sessions and assisting in the resolution of underlying problems for which the client has sought help.

Working with Resistance in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy is essential reading for any practitioner hoping to use REBT more effectively in their day-to-day practice.

About this title

About the Author

Windy Dryden is Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Michael Neenan is Associate Director of the Centre for Stress Management, Kent, and an accredited cognitive behavioural therapist.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041566750X
• ISBN 13: 9780415667500
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240