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10th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS and 15th
NATIONAL of CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY


MONASTERIO SAN MARTÍN PINARIO
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (SPAIN)
16-19 NOVEMBER, 2017 
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Shishir Palsapure
Director and Founder of Albert Ellis Institute
INDIA
1 English
Shishir Palsapure is a dynamic Rational emotive and Cognitive Behavior therapy trainer and supervisor. He’s also an international motivational
speaker, life coach, psychotherapist, medical doctor, corporate trainer and a lecturer. He has been trained at the Albert Ellis institute, New York and Beck Institute, Philadelphia USA. He has launched a unique preventive emotional education program CORE based on RE-CBT for over 5000 school children at Mumbai. He represented his country at various international conferences, and trained thousands of mental health professionals in RE-CBT.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) for depression
Cognitive Behavioral therapies including RE-CBT has been found effective in the treatment of Non-psychotic Depression. (David et al., 2008).
The presentation focuses on unique features of the REBT treatment module for Depression, besides the common features of Cognitive Behavioral techniques like Behavioral Activation. REBT uses Cognitive, Behavioral and Emotive techniques in the treatment of Depression. With a unique active directive style, the REBT therapist helps patients accept themselves unconditionally, life and others unconditionally, which is central to the treatment of Depression according to REBT therapists. The presentation also introduces the participants to session wise treatment protocol.