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The article announces the launch of NADL's new website, which now provides CDTs, RGs, and RETs with updated access to the JDT Digital Edition, including the process for accessing the JDT Digital Edition via existing NADL accounts and the need for new account setup for non-members.

An extensive interview with Dr. Oren Amitay, Ph.D., C.Psych. He discusses: current tasks and responsibilities and his process; clinical and teaching work, and the different therapies such as Rational Emotive Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, etc., having overlap; and additional services within his professional work and much of the work as re-parenting the patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An interview with Debbie Joffe Ellis, spouse of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) originator Albert Ellis, is presented. She mentions that little did she know that she would end up marring the founder of REBT when she was studying REBT. She states that her husband reminds people that unchangeable adversities can be endured in healthier ways by thinking in healthy ways. She says that REBT ideas have integrated into many types of cognitive therapy, such as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT).

Sport is an ideal context in which to explore irrational beliefs. The language of sport would have us believe that athletes must choose to either succeed or perish, nothing inbetween. Sport and exercise psychologists help athletes eradicate dysfunctional thought processes and emotions, and the use of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) to achieve this is increasing. What lies behind this growth in popularity of REBT in sport, and why is it found to be so useful? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents views of several members of the American Counseling Association (ACA) including Jane Goodman, Jeffrey T. Guterman, and Sanda Gibson about their experiences that influenced their counseling profession. Topics discussed include Goodman understanding the importance of closure in interpersonal or career related counseling, Guterman's experience of practicing rational emotive behavior therapy, and Gibson's understanding of addiction as a brain disease in society.

The article focuses on the psychotherapy Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) formulated by Doctor Albert Ellis from Rational Emotive Therapy (RET). Topics discussed include the psychoanalytic and object-relational residency program of the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York in 1980, the views of cognitive therapies in rabbinical Judaism, and the relationalistic principle as the link which connects Judaism and REBT.

The article describes the author's experiences of finding community and intimacy through behavior therapy and cohousing. It explores how the author was able to develop community by using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and participating in the Foundation for Community Encouragement (FCE). The author also explains that cohousing could provide a more consistent path to community as long as the people are aware of the need for greater community and are willing to achieve it.

An interview with Florida-based mental health counselor and supervisor Jeffrey Guterman is presented. Topics discussed include his collaboration with rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) pioneer Albert Ellis until the passing of the latter in 2007, his transition to solution-focused counseling, and comparison between REBT and solution-focused counseling in terms of treatment process and approach.

The article discusses the value of employing dramatherapy techniques in administering cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) on patients with reciprocal roles in Great Britain. The author attempts to explore how a client might relate to his internal and interpersonal world through creative and imaginative methods. An overview of several dramatherapeutic techniques which the author has employed in her practice as a CAT psychotherapist is also presented.

The article offers information the function and effectiveness of Rational Cognitive Therapy (RCT) as an intervention for juvenile and adult criminal offenders in the U.S. An overview of the foundation and basic concepts Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT), also known as RCT. It notes that the therapy requires questions that can help determine and clarify how criminal offenders may best help themselves in facing the life inside and outside prison. It also discusses the incorporation of religious orientation to the therapy.

The article focuses on the definition of psychotherapy given by American psychologist Carl Rogers, founder of Non-Directive Therapy (NDT) or Client-Centered Therapy (CCT). It highlights the three central qualities for therapist defined by Rogers including congruence, positive regard, and empathy. It also informs that American psychologist Albert Ellis has developed the Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET).

The article offers information on the rational emotive behavior therapy(REBT) on rational thoughts and behavior focused on challenging the fear and anxieties of the clients in the U.S. It offers information on the similarities between cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and REBT. It mentions that optimistic attitude offer healthy and long-lasting cognitive functioning.

Relates on the experience of the author on using cognitive therapy web sites to combat depression. Variety of option for self-help; Treatment of anxiety and panic disorders; Assistance in refuting irrational thoughts by recommending to spend a week responding positively to criticism; Specification of cognitive therapy techniques.

Offers a look at the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression. Report by Gordon Parker, head of the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales in Australia, that the results of the therapy do not support the claims; Basis of appeal for the therapy; Promotion of the cognitive behavioral therapy by Andrew Butler, research coordinator for the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research; Reference to the book 'Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy,' by David Burns; Study appearing in a July 2003 issue of the 'Journal of the American Medical Association.'

Provides information on the ideas of Albert Ellis about emotions with emphasis on anger. How to reconcile emotion with reason; Model of mental experience; Rational-emotive behavior therapy created by Ellis; Definition of a humanist; Different concepts of anger; How feelings arise.

Focuses on the proceedings of the 1971 Humanist of the Year ceremonies which discusses the human conditions and its humanistic reconditioning. Rational-emotive therapy (RET) and view of human nature; Development of the RET theory of human disturbance; Self-defeating consequences created by RET theory; Cognitive techniques used in RET to help people give up their dogmatic beliefs and inappropriate behavior.

The article offers information on the opening of the Albert Ellis Professional Learning Centre at Stuart High School in Whyalla, South Australia on April 30, 2012. The learning center features rational emotive behavior education (REBE) and rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) on psychotherapy and psychological development for Australian students. The article also presents the views of educators Dr. Albert Ellis, Giulio Bortolozzo and Dr. Debbie Joffe-Ellis.

A new study finds that a brain region thought to be important for detecting one's own mistakes also picks up on those of others. The anterior cingulate cortex acts like the brain's watchdog: It monitors human behavior and goes off if the outcome of an action isn't what was anticipated. To investigate further, cognitive neuroscientist Michael Coles at the Danders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging in the Netherlands and colleagues invented a task in which one volunteer sat at a computer screen and punched a button for" left" or" right" depending on which direction the middle arrow in a row of arrows pointed. The findings of the study were published in a report of the April 25, 2004 issues of the journal Nature Neuroscience.

Focuses on the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy created by psychiatrist Albert Ellis. Effects of the therapy on depressed persons; Overview of the therapy sessions; Ellis' views on human neuroses.

Analyzes Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) as a treatment alternative for people having difficulties with the 12-step approach of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Founding of REBT by Albert Ellis; Functions; Basis of Rational Recovery on REBT; Reasons why RR is an alternative to AA.

The article presents the views of several experts including Amy Wechsler, dermatologist and psychiatrist in New York City, and Michael R. Edelstein, past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, on how to stop picking at the skin. According to Wechsler, the key to stopping is figuring out why one is doing it as picking can be an emotional reaction to anxiety. Edelstein says that it can be stopped by changing the thinking that justifies the act to change the behavior.

The article reflects on the author's view regarding the cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). According to the author, CBT is a win-win situation in the health care economics. He said that general practitioners do not routinely refer patients to the CBT because there are not enough therapists available. However, he noted that the national policy had strengthened community mental teams by allocating treatment based on severity of conditions.

The article focuses on the decision of the government to expand access to psychological therapies in primary care in Great Britain. Significantly, the White Paper has outlined the plans to develop new roles for specialists GPs (general practitioners) and primary care workers. Both GPs and primary care workers are tasked to deliver computerized cognitive behavior therapy and set up pilot sites to build up the evidence base on cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT). Furthermore, health officials re recognizing the importance of CBT in transforming care for patients and support for GPs.

An excerpt from the catalog of the Institute for Rational Living and the Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy is presented.