This book contains my approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) which preserves its foundations but connects it to the broader field of psychotherapy. REBT has become somewhat disconnected from psychotherapy in general, and from CBT in particular, and its important contributions are not easily accessible to those entering the field. One of the purposes of this book is to reconnect REBT with the mainstream field of psychotherapy and to restore its place in the CBT tradition.

Windy Dryden is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University of London. He has been involved in the field of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy since 1978 and has practised it ever since, but in a way that connects it to the broader area of psychotherapy. He is also interested in very brief therapy and specialises in single-session therapy. He has written or edited over 290 books.