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Let me begin this chapter by stating that I practice rational-emotive therapy (RET). I am thoroughly convinced of the primary importance of human thinking and conceptualization in feeling and acting; I incessantly conceptualize my clients’ problems in ABC terms; I assume that emotional and behavioral disturbances result from a person’s endorsing and living by perfectionistic demanding, awfulizing, and/or self-rating philosophies; I believe that profound, elegant change follows when humans give up these philosophies and alternatively endorse preferring, antiawfulizing, and self-accepting ones; I practice RET in an energetic, active, directive way; I see my therapeutic role as being more of a teacher and coach than a doctor; I attempt to blanket my clients with emotive and behavioral as well as cognitive techniques; I see cognitive disputation as the major tool of change; and, assuming that people will inevitably slip back to their former pathologies unless they continue to work on themselves the rest of their lives, I emphasize the importance of their learning both the theory and the techniques of RET for future use so that they do not have to rely on me in the future. I attempt to practice all this with individuals, with couples, with parents, with families, and in groups (including workshops and seminars).
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Grieger, R.M. (1991). Keys to Effective RET. In: Bernard, M.E. (eds) Using Rational-Emotive Therapy Effectively. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0641-0_2
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