In Counseling in Schools, Vaida, Kallay, & Opre (2008) provided great insight into the use of REBT in a high school setting. Their research study tested the effectiveness of REBT with students through a Rational Emotive Behavior Education (REBE) program with high school students, a successfully “achieved significant changes in the belief systems, emotions, and behaviors, by using REBE intervention” (Vaida, et. al., 2008, p. 57). As far as an journal article related to SFBT, I came across an article entitled Integrating Play Therapy Techniques Into Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Nims, 2007). In this article, Nims provides the framework for integrating play therapy into SFBT for effective treatment with children (Nims, 2007). He used three case studies to demonstrate the process of this integration that would be helpful for me to consider for further training and future use with my …show more content…
One of the first books I plan to purchase is A Guide to Rational Living, written by the father of SFBT, Albert Ellis, along with author Robert Harper. This book is supposed to help individuals to feel more confident and deal with life’s issue more with more effectiveness (Ellis & Harper, 1975). Secondly, I hope to order a book that I have heard is great resource for REBT therapist working with students and adults alike. The book, The REBT Super-Activity Guide (Garcy, 2009) is a resource packed with 52 weeks of activities to use in therapy sessions, as well as take home task assignments. I believe this resource would serve me well as a new counselor, and even leave room for me to grow in creating my own