Reading Material
Often, rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) practitioners of Hollings Therapy, LLC are asked about recommended books and other reading material which may aid in the process of humanist self-help which aims to help people get better rather than to merely feel better.
Of course, there is the blog section of this website which offers over 900 poorly written posts which cover a variety of topics. Aside from these entries, the following resources are offered to you.
Although Hollings Therapy, LLC mental, emotional, and behavioral health care providers have not read all of the following texts, you are invited to explore these resources:
REBT literature from Albert Ellis –
The late psychologist who developed REBT, Albert Ellis, wrote extensively about the psychotherapeutic modality. The following compilation of Ellis’ written material was provided by Manoj Rajiwadekar, using Scribd:
* Books are addressed specifically to readers are marked with an asterisk. The books are arranged alphabetically.
A
*All Out (Autobiography)
A Case Against Religiosity [unavailable]
*A Guide to Personal Happiness (with Irving M. Becker)
*A guide to Rational Living (with Robert A. Harper)
*A Guide to Successful Marriage (with Robert A. Harper)
*Anger: How to Live With and Without It
*Ask Albert Ellis: Straight Answers and Sound Advice from America’s Best-Known Psychologist
B
Better, Deeper, and More Enduring Brief Therapy: The Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Approach
Brief Psychotherapy in Medical and Health Practice (with Eliot Abrahms)
C
Case Studies in REBT With Children and Adolescents (with Jerry Wilde)
Counseling and Psychotherapy With Religious Persons: A Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Approach (with Stevan L. Nielsen and W. Brad Johnson)
D
*Dating, Mating, and Relating: How to Build a Healthy Relationship [unavailable]
E
*Executive Leadership: The Rational Emotive Approach
F
*Feeling Better, Getting Better, Staying Better
G
Growth Through Reason: Verbatim Cases in Rational Emotive Therapy
H
*How to Control Your Anger Before it Controls You (with Raymond C. Tafrate)
*How to Control Your Anxiety Before it Controls You
*How to Keep People From Pushing Your Buttons (with Arthur Lange)
*How to Live With a “Neurotic” at Home and at Work
*How to Maintain and Enhance Your Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Gains
*How to Make Yourself Happy and Remarkably Less Disturbable
*How to Master Your Fear of Flying
*How to Raise an Emotionally Healthy, Happy Child (with Sandra Moseley, Janet L. Wolfe)
*How to Stop Destroying Your Relationships: A Guide to Enjoyable Dating, Mating, and Relating (with Robert A. Harper) [unavailable]
*How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything, Yes Anything!
Humanistic Psychotherapy: The Rational Emotive Approach
I
Is Objectivism a Religion?
M
*Making Intimate Connections: Seven Guidelines for Great Relationships and Better Communication (with Ted Crawford) [unavailable]
Murder and Assassination (with John M. Gullo) [unavailable]
My Philosophy of Psychotherapy
O
*Optimal Aging: Getting Over Getting Older (with Emmett Velten)
Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors: New Directions for Rational Emotive
Behavior Therapy
*Overcoming Procrastination (with William J. Knaus)
Overcoming Resistance: A Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Integrated Approach
Overcoming Resistance: Rational Emotive Therapy With Difficult Clients
P
Psychotherapy and the Value of a Human Being
R
Rational Emotive Behavioral Approaches to Childhood Disorders: Theory, Practice and Research (with Michael E. Bernard)
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Therapist’s Guide (with Catharine MacLaren)
*Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: It Works for Me—It Can Work for You
Rational Emotive Imagery
Rational Emotive Therapy: Handbook of Theory and Practice (with Russell Grieger) [unavailable]
*Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy
S
Sex and the Liberated Man [unavailable]
*Sex Without Guilt
*Sex Without Guilt in the Twenty-First Century
Stress Counseling: A Rational Emotive Behavior Approach (with Jack Gordon, Michael Neenan, Stephen Palmer)
Suppressed: Seven Key Essays Publishers Dare Not Print [unavailable]
T
Technique of Disputing Irrational Beliefs (DIBs)
*The Albert Ellis Reader (with Shawn Blau)
The American Sexual Tragedy [unavailable]
The Art and Science of Rational Eating (with Michael Abrams and Lidia Dengelegi)
The art and Science of Love [unavailable]
*The Art of Lovemaking [unavailable]
*The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Dating and Mating [unavailable]
*The Myth of Self-Esteem
The Road to Tolerance: The Philosophy of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
*The Secret of Overcoming Verbal Abuse (with Marcia G. Powers)
The Sensuous Person: Critique and Corrections [unavailable]
Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Rational Emotive therapy (with John M. Whiteley)
W
*When AA Doesn’t Work for You: Rational Steps for Quitting Alcohol (with Emmett Velten)
Why Some Therapies Don’t Work: The Dangers of Transpersonal Psychology (with Raymond J.
Yeager)
Other REBT literature –
Another prominent REBT author is Windy Dryden who has apparently written over 200 books. Therefore, rather than listing specific titles, you are encouraged to search online for his significant contribution to REBT literature.