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Albert Ellis pioneered the application of cognitive methods in parent education programs in the mid-1950s. Albert Ellis was interested in applying Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) with children, by working directly with children, or indirectly, by working with parents (Bernard, Ellis, & Terjesen, 2006). From the early 1960s with the publication of the book ‘How to Raise an Emotionally Healthy, Happy Child’ (Ellis, Wolfe, & Moseley, 1966), REBT has become an important paradigm in parenting interventions, proposing that:

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  1. Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Oana Alexandra David & Roxana Andreea-Ioana Cardoș

  2. The International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Horea-Radu Oltean

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David, O.A., Oltean, HR., Cardoș, R.AI. (2019). REBT and Parenting Interventions. In: Bernard, M.E., Dryden, W. (eds) Advances in REBT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93118-0_15

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