Understanding Psychological Health 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 lives - to provide an understanding of psychological health.
The book looks first at how people can remain psychologically healthy in the face of adversity and then goes on to discuss how these healthy philosophies underpin certain key areas of psychological health. This second edition describes REBT theory with greater accuracy and updates and adapts terminology for contemporary readers. It also includes new chapters detailing healthy responses to common life adversities and outlining aspects of healthy psychological functioning.
The only book to discuss psychological health from an REBT perspective, Understanding Psychological Health is intended for helping professionals who have a particular interest in CBT/REBT and students in these areas.
Understanding Psychological Health 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 lives - to provide an understanding of psychological health.
1. Psychological Disturbance, Dissatisfaction and Development from an
REBT Perspective Part
1. The Basics of Psychological Health: Being Healthy in
the Face of Adversity
2. Taking Responsibility for Psychological Health and
Disturbance
3. Flexible Attitudes
4. Non-Awfulising Attitudes
5. Bearability
Attitudes
6. Unconditional Acceptance Attitudes
7. Psychologically Healthy
Responses to Different Adversities Part
2. Psychological Health Beyond the
Basics
8. Self-Motivation
9. Self-Discipline
10. Resilience
11. Bearing
Uncertainty
12. Self-Control
13. Other Forms of Psychological Health
Windy Dryden is in part-time clinical and consultative practice and is an international authority on rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) and single-session therapy (SST). He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 45 years and is the author and editor of over 285 books.
