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Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy
Albert Ellis’s Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy was published in 1962. It presents his rational-emotive approach to the relationship between beliefs, emotions and behaviour.
Book details
Author of listed edition: Albert Ellis
Edition: First published in 1962; revised edition published in 1994
Publisher: Lyle Stuart
Edition year: 1962
Language and origin: English (United States)
Form and genre: Clinical & Theoretical Monograph
Level: Intermediate
Historical era: 1960–1979 · Humanistic, Cognitive & Systemic Turn
Covers: ABCDE model of emotional disturbance; Eleven core irrational ideas; Interdependence of cognition, emotion, and behaviour; Active-directive philosophical disputation
APA 7th reference: Ellis, A. (1962). Reason and emotion in psychotherapy. Lyle Stuart.
What it is & historical context
First published by Lyle Stuart in 1962, this book presents Albert Ellis’s rational-emotive approach. A revised edition appeared in 1994. The two editions are distinct; ISBN 9781559722483 belongs to the later edition, not the 1962 publication.
Core clinical themes & arguments
A 1994 retrospective describes Ellis’s account as linking cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes. It also says the approach changed after 1962, including in how it distinguished types of belief and negative emotion. These are historical clinical theories, not complete explanations of every person’s experience.
Clinical practice, reception & legacy
The approach later became known as rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT). A later guide by Windy Dryden and Michael Neenan presents REBT concepts and techniques. Its bibliographic record does not establish the precise contents of the 1962 edition or individual treatment outcomes.
Reader level & educational scope
This entry relies on library records and the summary of a 1994 historical retrospective. The complete 1962 book, the 1958 article and the later guide were not reviewed. Specific claims about the book’s priority, chapter contents and the timing of terminology changes require further checking.
Paired academic and clinical scholarship
Paired work: Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques (2nd ed.) (Windy Dryden and Michael Neenan, 2015)
Reference: Dryden, W., & Neenan, M. (2015). Rational emotive behaviour therapy: 100 key points and techniques (2nd ed.). Routledge.
A later guide to rational emotive behaviour therapy, catalogued as a second edition. Its contents have not been reviewed for this entry.
Source-mapped claims and evidence notes
Claim 1: A 1994 retrospective describes the 1962 account as relating cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes. (Dryden and Bond’s summary describes the book and later changes to rational-emotive therapy; the complete 1962 book was not reviewed.) [Source 5: Dryden, W., & Bond, F. W. (1994). Reason and emotion in psychotherapy: Albert Ellis. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 165(1), 131–135.]
Sources and inspection notes
National Library of Medicine. Reason and emotion in psychotherapy. 1962 catalogue record.
Supports: Author, title and 1962 Lyle Stuart publication; the full book was not reviewed.
Ellis, A. (1958). Rational psychotherapy. The Journal of General Psychology, 59(1), 35–49.
Supports: Earlier historical article about rational psychotherapy; its bibliographic record was checked, not the complete article.
Supports: Authors, title and second-edition catalogue record of the later guide; the complete guide was not reviewed.
University of Cambridge Whipple Library. Accessions list, September 2019.
Supports: Records a revised 1994 edition with ISBN 1559722487 (9781559722483).
Supports: Retrospective summary compares the 1962 account with later developments; the article summary was read.