THE  
     RATIONAL EMOTIVE 
     BEHAVIOUR THERAPIST
     Journal of
     The Association for
     Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
     Volume 12 Number 1, 2007
       ISSN 1354 - 9960
       CO-EDITORS
       Stephen Palmer, Centre for Rational Emotive Behaviour 
       Therapy and City University, London, UK
       Michael Neenan, Centre for Rational Emotive Behaviour 
       Therapy, London, UK
       EDITORIAL CONSULTANT
       Windy Dryden, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
       EDITORIAL BOARD
       Frank Bond, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
       Elizabeth Doggart, Centre for Rational Emotive Behaviour 
       Therapy, London, UK
       Peter Ruddell, Centre for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, 
       London, UK
       Thomas Shortall, UK
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        The  
        Rational Emotive 
        Behaviour Therapist
        Journal of  
        The Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
        Vol 12 No 1, 2007
        CONTENTS
        Editorial   2
        Application of REBT with Muslim clients 
        Rameez Ali   3–8
        Fixed role therapy in a Multimodal context 
        Dennis Bury   9–23
        The power of Belief as a healer 
        Irene Tubbs   24–33
        The Multimodal assessment of cocaine 
        Greg Scott   34–40
        Brief Report: A cognitive-behavioural self-help approach to stress 
        management and prevention at work: a randomised controlled trial 
        Stefania Grbcic and Stephen Palmer   4–43
        Is Guilt getting off the hook? Using REBT to develop new models of 
        shame and guilt indicates that guilt may be more pathogenic than 
        research suggests 
        Katherine Wright   44–65
        News update   66–7
                                                  
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          The Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapist Vol 2 No  (2007) 
          Journal of The Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
          Editorial
          Developments in Rational Emotive Behavioural, Cognitive and 
          Multimodal Approaches: Special Conference Issue
          Our last conference on 24 November 2006 was an exciting and 
      possibly historic experience. It was titled Developments in Rational 
      Emotive Behavioural, Cognitive and Multimodal Approaches: A Celebration of 
      the Therapeutic Approaches Developed by Aaron Beck, Albert Ellis & Arnold 
      Lazarus. It was a special occasion as the conference was sponsored by the 
      Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and the Association 
      for Multimodal Psychology, UK. The conference was held in Greenwich, 
      London. It ended in a roundtable discussion celebrating the contributions 
      of Ellis, Beck and Lazarus.
          In this issue of The Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapist, the first five 
      articles are papers that were given at the conference: ‘Application of REBT 
      with Muslim clients’ by Rameez Ali, ‘Fixed role therapy in a Multimodal 
      context’ by Dennis Bury, ‘The power of Belief as a healer’ by Irene Tubbs, 
      ‘The Multimodal assessment of cocaine’ by Greg Scott and a ‘Brief Report: 
      A cognitive-behavioural self-help approach to stress management and 
      prevention at work: a randomised controlled trial’ by Stefania Grbcic and 
      Stephen Palmer. What the conference highlighted was the cross-fertilisation 
      of ideas and concepts between the three therapeutic approaches and their 
      practitioners which has occurred over the past four decades.
          The last paper, ‘Is Guilt getting off the hook? Using REBT to develop 
      new models of shame and guilt indicates that guilt may be more pathogenic 
      than research suggests’ is by Katherine Wright. This interesting paper 
      addressing guilt was not part of the conference.
          I am now working on our next issue of the journal. Case studies, book 
      reviews, research, and papers focusing on REBT and CBT are welcome. 
          Professor Stephen Palmer PhD
          Centre for Stress Management, London, UK
          Email: dr.palmer@btinternet.com
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