Counseling and Psychotherapy With Religious Persons: A Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Approach (The Lea Series in Personality and Clinical Psychology)
Nielsen, Johnson, and Ellis do an outstanding job of illustrating why REBT is well suited for work with religious persons....Highly recommended for counseling and psychotherapy collections serving upper-division undergraduates through professionals.—CHOICEReaders who notice that the authors of this volume on religion and counseling include a professor at Brigham Young University of LDS persuasion (Nielsen), a professor of the Naval Academy who is an evangelical (Johnson), and the often-religiously antagonistic Albert Ellis will quickly realize that this book is a significant one. All three authors are impressively knowledgeable about Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), of which Ellis is the founder, and all three authors have collaborated elsewhere on the use of REBT with relilgious themes...Not only is this authorial trio quite remarkable, the content of the book is important. All therapists need to be familiar with current REBT strategies, and this book willgive all readers a good and comprehensive overview of this important clinical approach.—Journal of Psychology and ChristianityReligious beliefs contribute to the attributions an individual constructs, shaping personal meaning, emotional experience and behavior.Counseling and Psychotherapy With Religious Personsprovides a detailed introduction to the application of rational emotive behavior therapy to the clinical consideration of religious beliefs. [It] considers the challenging ethical issue of addressing personal beliefs while respecting a client's faith perspective...[and] contributes to the evolving literature which takes seriously the role of religion in mental health and psychological treatment.—Edward Shafranske, Ph.D.Pepperdine UniversityWhen my students ask me for a reference on how REBT can be used with religious clients, I will, without hesitation, recommend this splendid volume. The authors' views blend well together to make this a very important contribution...—Windy Dryden, Ph.D.Goldsmiths College, University of London