Albert Ellis and Robert a Harper (6 results)

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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. No creases. Clean text, tight binding. 400gms weight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Third Edition 1st Printing. Moderate Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Heavy Sticker Pull, Residue to Front Cover; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. ALSO KNOWN AS: This book is based on the work A Guide to Rational Living. FOREWORD BY: Melvin Powers. COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Tirza & Melvin Powers. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction to the Revised Edition 1 How Far Can You Go with Self-Analysis? 2 You Feel the Way You Think 3 Feeling Well by Thinking Straight 4 How You Create Your Feelings 5 Thinking Yourself Out of Emotional Disturbances 6 Recognizing and Attacking Neurotic Behavior 7 Overcoming the Influences of the Past 8 Does Reason Always Prove Reasonable? 9 Refusing to Feel Desperately Unhappy 10 Tackling Dire Needs for Approval 11 Eradicating Dire Fears of Failure 12 How to Stop Blaming and Start Living 13 How to Feel Undepressed Though Frustrated 14 Controlling Your Own Destiny 15 Conquering Anxiety 16 Acquiring Self-Discipline 17 Rewriting Your Personal History 18 Accepting Reality 19 Overcoming Inertia and Getting Creatively Absorbed 20 Living Rationally in an Irrational World 21 Rational-Emotive Therapy or Rational Behavior Training Updated; References; Index. EXCERPT: INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION We view A Guide to Rational Living as a somewhat revolutionary book. When it first appeared, in 1961, it presented to the reading public one of the first books by reputable, experienced psychotherapists that showed people how to deal effectively with their own problems . . . Many other important revisions of RET get included in this volume: so many, in fact, that we list the major ones in a special extra chapter of the Guide. Let us just say briefly here that in numerous instances, in the course of this revision, we eliminate the absolutistic kind of statements (including many shoulds and musts) that we carelessly let stand in the original edition. We significantly modify the RET concepts of human worth and worthlessness. We clearly distinguish inappropriate from appropriate forms of emotions. We notably sharpen our distinctions between blaming or condemning certain of your behaviors and damning or devil-ifying yourself for engaging in those poor behaviors. We stress, much more than we did in the first edition of the Guide, both thinking and activity homework assignments. And we include a good many newly developed rational procedures, such as the rational-emotive imagery techniques originated by Dr. Maxie C. Maultsby, Jr., that seem to greatly add to the effectiveness of RET. In many ways, then, this adds up to a notably updated, significantly developed, and extensively revised edition of A Guide to Rational Living. We believe that virtually all the effective teachings of the original version remain. But a whale of a lot has gotten added! Read on--and see for yourself. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition 1st Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. ALSO KNOWN AS: This book is based on the work A Guide to Rational Living. FOREWORD BY: Melvin Powers. COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Tirza & Melvin Powers. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction to the Revised Edition 1 How Far Can You Go with Self-Analysis? 2 You Feel the Way You Think 3 Feeling Well by Thinking Straight 4 How You Create Your Feelings 5 Thinking Yourself Out of Emotional Disturbances 6 Recognizing and Attacking Neurotic Behavior 7 Overcoming the Influences of the Past 8 Does Reason Always Prove Reasonable? 9 Refusing to Feel Desperately Unhappy 10 Tackling Dire Needs for Approval 11 Eradicating Dire Fears of Failure 12 How to Stop Blaming and Start Living 13 How to Feel Undepressed Though Frustrated 14 Controlling Your Own Destiny 15 Conquering Anxiety 16 Acquiring Self-Discipline 17 Rewriting Your Personal History 18 Accepting Reality 19 Overcoming Inertia and Getting Creatively Absorbed 20 Living Rationally in an Irrational World 21 Rational-Emotive Therapy or Rational Behavior Training Updated; References; Index. EXCERPT: INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION We view A Guide to Rational Living as a somewhat revolutionary book. When it first appeared, in 1961, it presented to the reading public one of the first books by reputable, experienced psychotherapists that showed people how to deal effectively with their own problems . . . Many other important revisions of RET get included in this volume: so many, in fact, that we list the major ones in a special extra chapter of the Guide. Let us just say briefly here that in numerous instances, in the course of this revision, we eliminate the absolutistic kind of statements (including many shoulds and musts) that we carelessly let stand in the original edition. We significantly modify the RET concepts of human worth and worthlessness. We clearly distinguish inappropriate from appropriate forms of emotions. We notably sharpen our distinctions between blaming or condemning certain of your behaviors and damning or devil-ifying yourself for engaging in those poor behaviors. We stress, much more than we did in the first edition of the Guide, both thinking and activity homework assignments. And we include a good many newly developed rational procedures, such as the rational-emotive imagery techniques originated by Dr. Maxie C. Maultsby, Jr., that seem to greatly add to the effectiveness of RET. In many ways, then, this adds up to a notably updated, significantly developed, and extensively revised edition of A Guide to Rational Living. We believe that virtually all the effective teachings of the original version remain. But a whale of a lot has gotten added! Read on--and see for yourself. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Third Printing (March 1964). Published by Prentice-Hall, 1961. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear, nicks and price-clipped. An excellent copy of this vintage psychological study.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.