Feeling Better, Getting Better, Staying Better : Profound Self-Help Therapy For Your Emotions

As the inventor of Rational-Emotive Psychotherapy (RET) more commonly known as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Ellis is generally considered the most influential living psychoanalyst. He argues that emotions that bother us anxiety, depression, guilt, anger are based on our thoughts about events that happen to us, not on the events themselves, and that we can systematically work to change these cognitive responses. This is the basis of most current short-term therapy and is the only approach that has been scientifically tested and found actually to help patients. One would naturally expect to welcome any self-help book written by such an important thinker. Unfortunately, this particular title doesn't deliver the goods, the main problem being that it is extremely repetitive. The three sections, "Feeling Better," "Getting Better," and "Staying Better," are essentially repetitions, reiterating the message that other approaches (e.g., meditation, religious faith, the quest for achievement) are palliatives, while RET will lead to lasting improvements. Perhaps the problem is that this book is aimed at too general an audience anyone with any kind of disturbing emotions. Libraries are better served by titles that explain cognitive-behavioral techniques for use with specific complaints, e.g., Joseph J. Luciani's Self-Coaching: How To Heal Anxiety and Depression (Wiley, 2001) and Fred Penzel's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well (Oxford Univ., 2000). Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., Pullman, WA
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"Feeling better," says Dr. Ellis, "is crucial to successful therapy. Getting better is even more important."

The most recognized name in psychotherapy offers a "three-pronged" system for maintaining -- or regaining -- emotional health. Healthy thinking, healthy emotions, and healthy behavior are thoroughly explained in this dynamic book, with detailed examples and procedures for building lasting emotional well-being.

"...well worth reading carefully... almost equivalent to a visit with Albert Ellis."
--Raymond Corsini, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist (ret.) Editor, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PSYCHOLOGY, CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES and HANDBOOK FOR INNOVATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPIES

"...easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to remember -- the hallmarks of any good self-help volume. Readers who heed these cogent recommendations... are likely to find life more livable and decidedly more enjoyable."
--Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph.D., ABPP Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Rutgers University Author of MARITAL MYTHS REVISITED and co-author of THE 60-SECOND SHRINK

"Virtually everyone has a need to feel better at some time and this self-help guide, written in Ellis's customary down-to-earth style, does the trick. It worked for me, and it can work for you..."
--Cyril M. Franks, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Rutgers University Editor, CHILD & FAMILY BEHAVIOR THERAPY

DR. ALBERT ELLIS is the author of more than sixty-five books on psychotherapy, relationship therapy, and self-help, including REASON AND EMOTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, A GUIDE TO RATIONAL LIVING, RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY: A THERAPIST'S GUIDE, and HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY AND REMARKABLY LESS DISTURBABLE.

Dr. Ellis has been rated by psychologists and counselors in the United States as one of the most influential psychologists of our time. He has "revolutionized" psychotherapy since 1955, when he created Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), the first of the now-popular cognitive behavior therapies. Dr. Ellis is a practicing psychologist, president of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City, and a featured speaker at workshops and conferences throughout the world.