Rational-Emotive Therapy with Children and Adolescents
This second edition of a successful manual explores rational-emotive therapy (RET) approaches to childhood and adolescent problems. The previous edition provided the first comprehensive review in twenty years of RET applications with school-age children, including a comparison of RET with other cognitive-behavioral procedures. This edition brings the coverage up to date. The first section deals with theory and research relating to RET with young people, including a history of RET applications and explication of the RET model of childhood mental health problems. The second section examines RET assessment and treatment, encompassing relating approaches and applications to specific problems. The final section covers consultation with parents and teachers.