Windy Dryden Books

Windy Dryden draws a distinction between healthy and unhealthy anger, and shows you how you can control your unhealthy anger by understanding what triggers it. Unhelpful beliefs and rigid expectations can lead to a cycle of unhealthy anger, which can be dangerous and destructive. There is, however, some good news. You have the power to change this pattern and to develop strategies to express your anger in a helpful way, so that you can communicate what you feel without scaring yourself, or those close to you. Practical, rational, strategic and supportive, this short and accessible book gives you the tools you need to make the change.

Help Yourself with Single-Session Therapy provides an outlook on how you can help yourself with your emotional problems by using insights from single-session therapy. Single-session therapy draws upon the skills and strengths of both the therapist and the client. The book will encourage you to develop your own solutions to your problems. Broken down into fourteen accessible chapters, it will help you to identify the problem before guiding you to provide your own goals and solutions. The importance of how to maintain change is also a key part of the process. Help Yourself will be useful for all those who wish to help themselves with their emotional problems and for those who wish to support them. It will also be relevant for counsellors, psychotherapists and students in these disciplines who are interested in the application of very-brief therapy to self-help.

This self-help classic has inspired thousands with its sensible, relatable, manageable advice. Take ten steps to a happier new you!

Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. The second edition of Single-Session Therapy enables therapists to work with clients for one session and achieve possible and realistic results.

The new edition of Single-Session Therapy: Distinctive Features provides an up-to-date general introduction to the field of Single-Session Therapy (SST).

How to Think and Intervene Like an REBT Therapist provides the trainee with an opportunity to discover how experienced therapists think, and how their thoughts influence their interventions when using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT).

This work offers a comprehensive overview of person-centred therapy and presents the core theories, advances and practices of the approach in a concise, accessible form.

Exploring the impact of single-session therapy (SST), this book features transcripts from sessions with volunteers addressing their regrets. Each participant shares their insights months later, providing a deeper understanding of their experiences. Windy Dryden synthesizes these reflections in the final chapter, highlighting common themes and outcomes. The work illustrates the effectiveness of SST in helping individuals navigate their emotions and achieve personal growth.

This updated handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the key approaches to individual therapy practice, including three new chapters on narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy and integrative and eclectic approaches

Based on Rational Emotive Therapy by Paul Hauck. Rational Emotive Therapy helps you learn to take control of your life and feelings by recognizing where your reactions are caused by ideas which are false and self-defeating. This book offers solutions to such feelings as anxiety and guilt.