REBT in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adults, 1st ed. 2016
Best Practices in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy Series

This clinical guide reviews the basics of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and presents a quartet of tested protocols for treating anxiety disorders in children and adults. Adult applications feature REBT for treating generalized anxiety disorder and a brief REBT/virtual reality immersion approach to social anxiety disorder. For children and adolescents, a REBT and a rational-emotive educational program address anxiety with interventions tailored to age and developmental considerations. Each protocol suggests measures for screening for suitability and differential diagnosis, explains the usefulness of REBT for the problem, and includes these features: 

• Session-by-session therapist guide with case formulation and relevant techniques.
• In-session evaluation scales.
• Client worksheets and exercises.
• Developmentally appropriate materials for children and adolescents.
• Agendas for parent sessions to supplement children's therapy.
• Recommended readings for clients and reference lists for therapists. 

REBT in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adults offers a wealth of proven hands-on knowledge not only for practitioners using REBT in their work, such as therapists, clinical psychologists, and counselors, but also for researchers studying the efficacy of psychotherapy interventions for anxiety disorders.

General Overview.- Anxiety-Disorders-General Overview.- Distinguishing Normal Fear and Anxiety.- Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents.- Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.- General Overview of the Present Series.- References.- Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Adults.- Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder.- Generalized anxiety disorder.- Key elements of the REBT intervention for GAD – a therapist guide.- Primary outcomes and secondary outcomes.- Treatment goals.- Session by session structure.- REBT intervention for GAD – a patient guide.- Recommended Readings for Patients.- References.- Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy using Virtual Reality (RE & CBT-VR): A Short Protocol for Social Anxiety Disorder.- Therapist guide.- Population.- SAD and its treatment using CBT/RE&CBT interventions.- The CBT/ REBT’s model of SAD.- CBT and VRET for SAD.- Assessment tools used in RE&CBT-VR.- Rational Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy using Virtual Reality (RE&CBT-VR) for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). A short protocol in 4 sessions.- Key elements of the RE&CBT-VR intervention.- Session structure.- Recommended Readings for Patients.- References.- Appendix 1. Forms and handouts for the RE&CBT-VR.- Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents.- Rational-Emotive Therapy (REBT) Treatment Protocol for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents.- The causes of childhood anxie

Ioana Cristea, Ph.D. is a Senior Assistant Professor at Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca and a Research Fellow at the University of Pisa, Italy. She holds a masters degree in Clinical Psychology, a Ph.D. in Psychology, and is a board certified cognitive-behavioral therapist by the Romanian National Board of Psychologists. She is also certified by the Albert Ellis Institute, New York, as a REBT psychotherapist and is a fellow of  International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health at Babeș-Bolyai University. She is senior editor the Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy  (http://jebp.psychotherapy.ro). Her main research interests include evidence-based psychological interventions, critically appraising the efficiency and mechanisms of action of psychotherapy interventions, and the regulation of emotions. 

Simona Stefan, Ph.D. is a Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, and a member of the International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on investigating the functional/dysfunctional nature of worry in relation to other relevant factors like anxiety or irrational beliefs, and her postdoctoral studies focused on investigating the role of worry and related psychological constructs in irritable

Cristina Mogoașe, Ph.D. is currently Senior Assistant Professor within Department of Clinical Ps

Provides extended treatment protocols which have already been tested in randomized control trials

Authors developed an REBT protocol for generalized anxiety disorder

Discusses an internet-delivered protocol for children and adolescents with social anxiety disorders