Cognitive Behavior Therapies: A Guidebook for Practitioners

This comprehensive book showcases different approaches to cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and focuses on the implementation of these various theories in real-world practice. Following an overview of cognitive therapy, practitioners and scholars discuss behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, rational emotive behavior therapy, multimodal therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness. Each theory highlighted includes a profile of the theorist(s), an overview of the basic principles of the theory, an explanation of the therapeutic process, an array of targeted interventions, a verbatim case transcript with a critique of what was effective and what could have been done differently, an analysis of the limitations of the theory, and reflective sidebars to facilitate learning. The final chapter presents a single case study discussed from the perspective of each particular theory.

Ann Vernon, PhD, ScD, LPC, is president of the Albert Ellis Board of Trustees, one of the first diplomates of the Albert Ellis Institute, a member of the International Training Standards and Review Committee of the Albert Ellis Institute, a member of the Board of Consulting Advisors for the Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, and former director of the Midwest Center for rational emotive behavior therapy. In addition, she was selected by the American Psychological Association to do a counseling video demonstration titled Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Over Time: Psychotherapy in Six Sessions. Dr. Vernon is recognized as the leading international expert in applications of rational emotive and cognitive behavior therapy (RE&CBT) with children and adolescents and has written numerous books, chapters, and articles about counseling this population, including Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum; What Works When With Children and Adolescents: A Handbook of Individual Counseling Techniques; The Passport Program; and More What Works When With Children and Adolescents. 

Dr. Vernon is a professor emerita of the University of Northern Iowa, where she served as coordinator of the school and mental health counseling 

programs for many years. In addition to her university appointment, Dr. Vernon was in private practice for many years, applying RE&CBT with 

children and adolescents as well as with couples and individuals. She has been a frequent presenter at national conferences and has presented 

RE&CBT workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and several countries in Europe and South America. Currently she is a visiting professor at the University of Oradea in Romania, where she teaches courses in school and mental health counseling and continues to do RE&CBT trainings around the world

Kristene A. Doyle, PhD, ScD, is the director of the Albert Ellis Institute (AEI). Dr. Doyle is also director of clinical services, founding director of the Eating Disorders Treatment and Research Center, and a licensed psychologist at AEI. She is also a founding diplomate in rational emotive and cognitive behavior therapy and serves on the Diplomate Board. In addition to training and supervising AEI’s fellows and staff therapists, Dr. Doyle conducts numerous workshops and professional trainings throughout the world. With a distinguished international presence, Dr. Doyle has influenced the growth and practice of rational emotive and cognitive behavior therapy in countries spanning several continents, including South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. 

Dr. Doyle is coauthor of A Practitioner’s Guide to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (3rd ed.). She is coeditor of the Journal of Rational-Emotive 

& Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. She has contributed numerous book chapters on topics such as the treatment of eating disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and coping with loss. She has presented her research at several national and international conventions, including 

those of the American Psychological Association, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and World Congress of Behavioral and 

Cognitive Therapies. In addition, Dr. Doyle has published in numerous scientific journals and has been quoted in prestigious publications, including the New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, and the Wall Street Journal. In addition to her work at AEI, Dr. Doyle is appointed as full adjunct professor at St. John’s University in both the clinical psychology and school psychology doctoral programs, where she has taught for 16 years.