{"title":"Books by Albert, PhD Ellis","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781472142825","title":"How to Keep People From Pushing Your Buttons","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife can get tough. From unemployment-or overwork-to divorce or remarriage, the challenges of newly blended families, not to mention everyday hassles, stress can feel non-stop. To top it off, technology confronts us with a barrage of seemingly urgent tasks 24\/7. It's no wonder things and people can make you lose your cool. In this landmark book you'll find a very specific, powerful skill set designed to help you keep any scenario from pushing your buttons-and it works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), created by world-renowned therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, provides you with realistic, simple, proven techniques that will significantly reduce your stress levels and help you react effectively, whether the circumstances are professional or personal. 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Want to break bad habits and replace them with good ones that last? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are male or female, single or married, gay or straight, Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), created by world renowned therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, can help anyone-at any age-learn to maintain healthy and lasting love. Simple and effective, the proven REBT techniques in this landmark book show you how to relate lovingly and intimately, for the long-term. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing a non-judgmental approach, here is more than just a guide to getting along better with a \"significant other.\" You'll also find help for improving relationships with friends, children, and even in-laws. Discover practical information on: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Getting Your Relationships Together by Getting Yourself Together\u003cbr\u003e*Realistic Views of Couplehood\u003cbr\u003e*Communicating and Problem-Solving\u003cbr\u003e*Better Sex for Better Couplehood\u003cbr\u003e*Saving Time and Money and Enjoying Life More\u003cbr\u003e*Having or Not Having Children\u003cbr\u003e*Building a Deep and Lasting Relationship\u003cbr\u003e*Self-coping statements and exercises to keep you emotionally fit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...and much more to help you take matters into your own hands-and heart-and stop the cycle of relationship ruin. With healing doses of wisdom and humor, Dr. Ellis puts you firmly on the path toward a lifetime of love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301003964789,"sku":"9781472142801","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472142801_a804961c-a001-4aae-93ca-3c80a30cfbeb.jpg?v=1786020960"},{"product_id":"9781472142764","title":"How to Control Your Anxiety","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom social anxiety to phobias to post-traumatic stress disorder, sources of anxiety in daily life are numerous, and can have a powerful impact on your future. By following the rules of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), created by world renowned therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, you can stop anxiety in its tracks if you will admit this important fact: Things and people do not make you anxious. You do. Your unrealistic expectations produce your needless anxiety. Yet not all anxiety is needless...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHealthy\u003c\/i\u003e anxiety can ward off dangers and make you aware of negative things that you can change. \u003ci\u003eUnhealthy \u003c\/i\u003eanxiety inhibits you from enjoying everyday activities and relationships, causes you to perform poorly, and blocks your creativity. Using the easy-to-master, proven precepts of REBT, this classic book not only helps you distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anxiety, but teaches you how to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Understand and dispute the irrational beliefs that make you anxious\u003cbr\u003e*Use a variety of exercises, including rational coping self-statements, reframing, problem-solving methods, and Unconditional Self-Acceptance (USA), to control your anxiety\u003cbr\u003e*Apply over 200 maxims to control your anxious thinking as well as your bodily reactions to anxiety\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...and much more, including examples from dozens of cases Dr. Ellis treated successfully. Now you can overcome the crippling effects of anxiety-and increase your prospects for success, pleasure and happiness at home and in the workplace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301004030325,"sku":"9781472142764","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472142764_be72e997-08a1-4ce0-946e-f5dac3ab8e6b.jpg?v=1786020958"},{"product_id":"9781472142788","title":"How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll of us worry about something, big or small, every day. But much of the emotional misery we feel is an overreaction, and it can be significantly reduced, using the techniques you'll find in this landmark book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld renowned therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, who created Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), believed that anger, anxiety and depression are not only unnecessary, they're unethical, because when we allow ourselves to become emotionally upset, we're being unfair and unjust to \u003ci\u003eourselves\u003c\/i\u003e. Thinking negative thoughts is a \u003ci\u003echoice \u003c\/i\u003ewe can refuse to make. Applying the proven, time-tested principles of REBT is a simple, logical way to find true mental health and happiness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREBT acknowledges the power of emotions, but it also helps us understand which feelings are healthy and which are not. This classic book teaches you how to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Retrain your brain to focus on the positive aspects of your life and face each obstacle without unnecessary despair\u003cbr\u003e*Control your emotional destiny\u003cbr\u003e*Refuse to upset yourself about upsetting yourself\u003cbr\u003e*Solve practical problems as well as emotional problems\u003cbr\u003e*Conquer the tyranny of \"shoulds\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...and much more, providing all the tools you need to take back your life-and your happiness. If you can refuse to make yourself miserable, you're that much closer to making yourself happy-every day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301008552309,"sku":"9781472142788","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472142788_3bb4bf60-68b0-4c4a-9151-445490a9f191.jpg?v=1786020959"},{"product_id":"9781472142849","title":"Anger","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnger. It's one of our most basic, and often most destructive, human emotions. And in today's world, it's a constant, escalating force, from road rage to domestic abuse, from teen violence to acts of terrorism. More than ever we need effective ways to live with it, understand it-and learn to deal with it. This landmark book from world-renowned psychotherapist Dr. Albert Ellis, creator of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), shows you how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresented in a simple step-by-step program that anyone can master, the proven, time-tested principles of REBT teach you to manage and even eliminate anger, without sacrificing necessary assertiveness. Here you'll discover:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*What exactly is anger, and must you feel it?\u003cbr\u003e*How you create your own anger\u003cbr\u003e*Methods of thinking, feeling, and acting your way out of anger\u003cbr\u003e*Why holding on to anger is sometimes fun-and how to let it go\u003cbr\u003e*How to use REBT to cope with tragic events that are far beyond our control\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...and much more, including numerous real-world case studies, plus a comprehensive, critical analysis of the various approaches to this age-old problem. 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