Windy Dryden

Career sketch

Windy Dryden is Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and has been working in the field of counseling and psychotherapy since 1975. He was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and he has trained with Drs. Albert Ellis, Aaron T. Beck and Arnold Lazarus. Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the CBT tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach.

Rationality and irrationality from the perspective of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)

In this lecture, the characteristics and form of both rational and irrational beliefs as conceptualized by Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) will be outlined. In particular I will show how holding irrational beliefs will lead to psychological disturbance in the face of adversity and how holding rational beliefs will lead to a psychologically healthy response to the same adversity. I will show how people can change their irrational beliefs to rational beliefs and why they may be reluctant to do so.