Series Preface
Tony Rousmaniere and Alexandre Vaz
Acknowledgments
Part I. Overview and Instructions
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview of Deliberate Practice and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Chapter 2. Instructions for the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Deliberate Practice Exercises
Part II. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Skills
Exercises for Beginner Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Skills
Exercise 1. Psychoeducation About Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy’s ABC Model
Exercise 2. Psychoeducation About Dysfunctional Versus Functional Negative Emotions and Behaviors
Exercise 3. Agreement on the Session Goals
Exercise 4. Clarifying Inferences From Irrational Beliefs
Exercises for Intermediate Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Skills
Exercise 5. Assessing Irrational Beliefs About the Activating Event
Exercise 6. Prioritizing Which Irrational Beliefs to Target for Change
Exercise 7. Teaching the Belief–Consequence Connection
Exercise 8. Functional Disputation of Irrational Beliefs
Exercises for Advanced Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Skills
Exercise 9. Empirical Disputation of Irrational Beliefs
Exercise 10. Semantic Disputation of Irrational Beliefs
Exercise 11. Constructing Full Rational Alternative Beliefs to Replace Irrational Beliefs
Exercise 12. Collaborative Homework Development
Comprehensive Exercises
Exercise 13. Annotated Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Practice Session Transcript
Exercise 14. Mock Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Sessions
Part III. Strategies for Enhancing the Deliberate Practice Exercises
Chapter 3. How to Get the Most Out of Deliberate Practice: Additional Guidance for Trainers and Trainees
Appendix A. Difficulty Assessments and Adjustments
Appendix B. Deliberate Practice Diary Form
Appendix C. Sample Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Syllabus With Embedded Deliberate Practice Exercises
References
Index
About the Authors

Deliberate practice exercises provide trainees and students an opportunity to build competence in essential rational emotive behavior therapy skills.

Mark D. Terjesen, Kristene A. Doyle, Raymond A. DiGiuseppe, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere