{"product_id":"rationality-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-isbn-9780470683118","title":"Rationality and the Pursuit of Happiness","description":"\u003cb\u003eRATIONALITY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book is a labor of love! Michael Bernard has painstakingly transcribed a number of Albert Ellis’s therapy and demonstration sessions as well as a selection of his lectures and has used this material to excellent effect to make Dr Ellis’s views on psychological health and happiness come alive. A gem of a book on a gem of a man by a gem of an author.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eProfessor Windy Dryden,\u003c\/b\u003e Goldsmiths, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of London, UK\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Michael Bernard’s book reveals the importance of ‘rationality’ as a positive faculty of mind that enables people to strengthen their resilience and self-efficacy in order to not only cope with the inevitable challenges, demands and changes characteristic of our post-modern age but, in addition, through the application of different \u003ci\u003eprinciples of rational living \u003c\/i\u003eidentified by legendary psychologist Albert Ellis, to live fulfilled and meaningful professional and personal lives. I confidently commend this book.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eProfessor Field Rickards,\u003c\/b\u003e Dean, Graduate School of Education, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Ellis, one of the world’s most influential psychologists, founded Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in the 1950s. Over the years, this pioneering form of cognitive behavior therapy has advanced the emotional well-being of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Yet while Ellis’s innovative approaches for helping people with emotional difficulties are well known, his views on the pursuit of personal happiness – which have also influenced generations of people both with and without such problems – are far more elusive. Ellis’s powerful arguments in favor of the rational pursuit of happiness are set out for the very first time in this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRationality and the Pursuit of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e presents Ellis’s views on how the principles of rational living can be used by anyone to achieve lifelong happiness. Transcripts of private counseling sessions and public forums reveal the great power of rationality and the self-defeating nature of irrationality. Drawing on 50 years of Ellis’s writing, Michael Bernard shows how the emotional misery that arises from irrational thinking of the human psyche can obstruct our innate potential for self-actualization and happiness. In doing so, he firmly establishes Ellis as a pioneer of positive psychology and a human being whose superior intellect and years of public education and psychotherapy experience offer genuine insights into the eternal question of what makes for a happy life.  About the author.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Albert Ellis and the Pursuit of Happiness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Life and Times of Albert Ellis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlbert Ellis' (Generally) Pleasurable and Happy Personal Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlbert Ellis' Professional Life was Self-actualized.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllis Speaks Common Sense.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dual Nature of the Human Psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature–Nurture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Purpose and Goals of Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHappiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-actualization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllis Abandons Self-esteem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding Happiness: No Apologies Needed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Why We Get Unhappy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Unhappiness?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking Makes It So.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrrational Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrrational Beliefs that Create Unhappiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Strength of Irrational Convictions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople Upset Themselves About Being Upset.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Refusing to Become Desperately Unhappy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Development of REBT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ABCs of REBT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisputing Methods and New Rational Effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Elegant Solution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFun and Humor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Philosophy of Happiness: Principles of Rational Living.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 1: Self-interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 2: Social Interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 3: Self-direction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 4: Self-acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 5: Tolerance of Others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 6: Short-term and Long-term Hedonism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 7: Commitment to Creative, Absorbing Activities and Pursuits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 8: Responsible Risk-taking and Experimenting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 9: High Frustration Tolerance and Willpower.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 10: Problem Solving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Principle 11: Scientific Thinking and Flexibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rational Mindset of a Happy and Fulfilled Person.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLove Slobbism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRomantic Love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJealousy and Possessiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeeping Love Alive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Relationships.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncountering Suitable Partners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeparating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Sex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Right to Sexual Enjoyment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllis on Sexual Morality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Rational Approach to Sex Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDepression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDating and Mating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrograms for Women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Homosexuality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrrationality and Homosexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREBT Counseling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAIDS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmotional Problems about Practical Problems at Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnhancing Decisiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoor Self-Esteem in the Workplace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfectionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcrastination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Children and Parents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParenting Styles and Discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOvercoming the Emotional Stresses of Parenting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Parents Can Help Solve Problems of Their Children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelating to Your Parents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Death and Dying.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Humanistic Conception of Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRational Living with Dying.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Rational Living in an Irrational World.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Albert Ellis Interviewed by Michael E. Bernard.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn a Philosophy of Life as Therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Mental Health of People in the Twenty-first Century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Future of the Human Race.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Future of REBT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Rational Beliefs and the Degree of Self-acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Need to Strengthen Rational Beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Self-downing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Self-Actualizing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Homosexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Sex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Use of REBT in Diverse Cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Use of REBT with Men and Women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Dispelling Myths about REBT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Professional Acceptance of REBT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn His Work Ethic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn His Morning Mindset.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Dealing with Physical Ailments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Satisfying Moments Over the Years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn His Recent Pleasurable Moments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn His Regrets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf He Had to Do It All Over Again?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Rational Approach to Happiness\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eArticle by Michael E. Bernard\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences and Acknowledgment of Copyright.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“The book is a good detailed overview of REBT methods.  Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, general readers.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 July 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \"The principles themselves are taken from chapter 4 of Rationality and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Legacy of Albert Ellis, Michael E. Bernard's excellent summation of the great psychologist's life-work.\" (Jildy Sauce, 6 January 2012)  \u003cp\u003e\"This book provides a useful summary of what Ellis had to say on happiness.\" (Metapsychology, 15 November 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael E. Bernard\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia. He co-founded the Australian Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy, is a former Editor-in-Chief of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written more than 50 books and journal articles in areas associated with mental health, resilience, peak performance, parenting, and school improvement. He currently consults with business and the public sector on principles of personal effectiveness, and is Managing Director of The Bernard Group. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael worked closely with Albert Ellis for more than three decades. Today, he is recognized as an international authority on Ellis’s work and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is a labor of love! Michael Bernard has painstakingly transcribed a number of Albert Ellis’s therapy and demonstration sessions as well as a selection of his lectures and has used this material to excellent effect to make Dr Ellis’s views on psychological health and happiness come alive. A gem of a book on a gem of a man by a gem of an author.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eProfessor Windy Dryden,\u003c\/b\u003e Goldsmiths, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of London, UK\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Michael Bernard’s book reveals the importance of ‘rationality’ as a positive faculty of mind that enables people to strengthen their resilience and self-efficacy in order to not only cope with the inevitable challenges, demands and changes characteristic of our post-modern age but, in addition, through the application of different \u003ci\u003eprinciples of rational living \u003c\/i\u003eidentified by legendary psychologist Albert Ellis, to live fulfilled and meaningful professional and personal lives. I confidently commend this book.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eProfessor Field Rickards,\u003c\/b\u003e Dean, Graduate School of Education, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Ellis, one of the world’s most influential psychologists, founded Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in the 1950s. Over the years, this pioneering form of cognitive behavior therapy has advanced the emotional well-being of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Yet while Ellis’s innovative approaches for helping people with emotional difficulties are well known, his views on the pursuit of personal happiness – which have also influenced generations of people both with and without such problems – are far more elusive. Ellis’s powerful arguments in favor of the rational pursuit of happiness are set out for the very first time in this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRationality and the Pursuit of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e presents Ellis’s views on how the principles of rational living can be used by anyone to achieve lifelong happiness. Transcripts of private counseling sessions and public forums reveal the great power of rationality and the self-defeating nature of irrationality. Drawing on 50 years of Ellis’s writing, Michael Bernard shows how the emotional misery that arises from irrational thinking of the human psyche can obstruct our innate potential for self-actualization and happiness. In doing so, he firmly establishes Ellis as a pioneer of positive psychology and a human being whose superior intellect and years of public education and psychotherapy experience offer genuine insights into the eternal question of what makes for a happy life.   \"Al Ellis was a great psychologist and as Professor Bernard's book demonstrates eloquently, he was an unsung hero of Positive Psychology.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMartin Seligman\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAuthentic Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is the 'missing link' between one of the most prominent movements in the mental health field – rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapy (REBT\/CBT) – and one of the 'hottest' topics in the clinical field, namely positive psychology. By integrating the two, the book bridges a gap. Exploring the role of rationality in happiness, as conceptualized by Albert Ellis, the book shows (a) how REBT\/CBT can be applied not only for preventing and treating disorders or for health promotion, but also for human development \/ optimization; and (b) how positive psychology should be conceptualized in a scientific manner, avoiding Pollyannaish thinking. Indeed, Albert Ellis convincingly argued that rationality is the '\u003ci\u003eroyal path\u003c\/i\u003e' to authentic happiness, and this book is a powerful guide for those interested in exploring and pursuing this path, be they patients, general public or professionals (clinicians and researchers alike).\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eDr Daniel David\u003c\/b\u003e, 'Aaron T. Beck' Professor of Clinical Cognitive Sciences\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e Babes-Bolyai University, Romania\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a labour of love! Michael Bernard has painstakingly transcribed a number of Albert Ellis's therapy and demonstration sessions as well as a selection of his lectures and has used this material to excellent effect to make Dr Ellis's views on psychological health and happiness come alive. A gem of a book on a gem of a man by a gem of an author.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eProfessor Windy Dryden\u003c\/b\u003e, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Albert Ellis challenged us to work vigorously to abandon the irrational and emotionally explosive demands that we tend to impose on ourselves and others, escalating manageable frustrations into seemingly unbearable disasters, and needlessly promoting anxiety, depression, anger, and guilt. With a refreshingly original emphasis on the pursuit of happiness, Michael Bernard has provided a well-informed and engaging account of the life and work of this famed rational thinker and therapist that will make Ellis’s work accessible to a broad readership.’\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eProfessor Geoffrey L. Thorpe,\u003c\/b\u003e University of Maine, US\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Michael Bernard’s book reveals the importance of ‘rationality’ as a positive faculty of mind that enables people to strengthen their resilience and self-efficacy in order to not only cope with the inevitable challenges, demands and changes characteristic of our post-modern age but, in addition, through the application of different \u003ci\u003eprinciples of rational living\u003c\/i\u003e identified by legendary psychologist Albert Ellis, to live fulfilled and meaningful professional and personal lives. I confidently commend this book.’\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eProfessor Field Rickards,\u003c\/b\u003e Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989914075365,"sku":"NP9780470683118","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470683118.jpg?v=1761785888","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/rationality-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-isbn-9780470683118","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}