Jim Byrne, Counselling Psychologist and REBT Therapist,

Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK;

and world-wide over the internet and the telephone system.

My name is Jim Byrne and I am a trained, experienced, registered and accredited Counselling Psychologist. If you are interested in my coaching, counselling and therapy services, then please stay on this page.

MAIN SERVICES Telephone coaching and counselling worldwide. Counselling and therapy by email exchanges, worldwide. Coaching, counselling and therapy by Instant Messaging (or chat-room typing exchanges), worldwide. Coaching, therapy and counselling over the internet, using voice and video technology (with webcams combined with MSN Messenger, or AOL/AIM, or Skype voice-over). Face-to-face coaching, counselling and therapy in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire. Self-help books. Albert Ellis's latest books. Training courses for counsellors/therapists, in REBT/CBT. Remote supervision (by audio tape) of REBT therapists. INFORMATION Downloadable Information Pack about face-to-face coaching, counselling and therapy services, including fees. SPECIAL FEATURES The Justice for Albert Ellis Campaign. Updates on the Justice for Albert Ellis Campaign. What is REBT? REBT and Research.

On the other hand, if you are looking for the Campaign to Reinstate Dr Albert Ellis to his own Institute, then please go to Dr Ellis is Abused.

If you are already familiar with the background to this act of injustice, then please go to the The Regular Updates Page.

I am in my eighth year in private practice, in Hebden Bridge and Halifax, West Yorkshire; and worldwide over the Internet and the telephone system. To find out more about me and my background training, etc., please take a look at the page entitled: About Jim Byrne.

"The psychology of success involves a number of factors: (1) Distinguishing success from failure; (2) Setting goals for success; (3) Avoiding behaviours related to the psychology of failure (which include being lazy, greedy, ambitious, selfish, ignorant and vain); (4) Working on your beliefs about success and failure; and so on". Jim Byrne, October 2005.

Like all professional counsellors and psychotherapists, I have a specific set of accreditations/registrations with professional bodies, and I follow a particular set of ethical codes. For information on my Accreditations and Ethical Codes please click this link.

If you would like to find out about Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, which is the main discipline that I practice, then please take a look at the page entitled What is REBT?

"The psychology of happiness indicates that material assets are not prime factors in promoting happiness, once subsistence level has been reached. The more important factors include: (1) Being involved in engrossing activities that are meaningful for you; (2) Having at least one major relationship involving trust and intimacy; (3) Working intelligently towards your own goals; and so on". Jim Byrne, November 2005.

If you are in a hurry, and don't have time to look at the various pages on this website, then please scroll down to the Client Services Form, at the bottom of this page, and tick the boxes for the information leaflets you want to receive.

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK

Albert Ellis

"So by all means set up your own goals and purposes and heed the rules of the community in which you choose to live. Doing so will usually get you favourable results and is therefore (because of your goals) 'good' or 'valuable'. But if you really want to be self-helping, wise, and 'rational', decide that you will *only* rate your acts, deeds, thoughts, feelings, and other behaviours and that you will not - yes, *not* - rate your *self*, your *being*, your *essence*, your *totality* at all. Yes preferably not at all, though this may be somewhat unrealistic because you and the rest of us humans seem to have a biological tendency to rate both our behaviours and our 'self'."

Albert Ellis PhD, *Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy*, New York: Carol Publishing; 1994, page 191. ...

Abd Er-Rahman III of Spain:

“I have now reigned about 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen”.

(960 C.E.)

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Over the past seven years I have helped more than 350 individuals, including many couples, to overcome their emotional, behavioural and relationship problems; and to become much happier than they had ever been before. To see some testimonials from satisfied customers, please take a look at the Client Testimonials page.

If you are looking for help with an emotional, behavioural or relationship problem, but you do not live within commuting distance of Hebden Bridge or Halifax, West Yorkshire, then please take a look at the Online (including Telephone) Coaching page.

"The psychology of everyday contentment is based upon the elimination of certain attitudes and beliefs that predispose us towards emotional disturbance. Chief among these are the tendency to catastrophize about relatively small difficulties and frustrations, and to demand that things be different from the way they are. I teach a range of approaches to changing attitudes and beliefs in my coaching and counselling work". Jim Byrne, December 2005.

If you do live within commuting distance of Hebden Bridge or Halifax, which are about half-way between Leeds and Manchester, on the M62 motorway, and the trans-Pennine rail link, then please take a look at the Face-to-face Therapy page. I also offer an online Information Pack for individuals who want face-to-face counselling/therapy; or I can send you a copy if you email me. Among other things, the Information Pack contains details of my availability, locations and my sliding scale of fees.

I have written a few self-help books, and I also offer a range of books from ABC/Amazon.

I offer Distance Learning (or Home Study) courses in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), at Primary Certificate level, Advanced Certificate level, and Diploma level, for professional counsellors/therapists. I offer supervision of REBT therapists for individuals with less than four years post qualifying experience, in accordance with the rules of the ISPC. And I offer occasional public seminars for members of the public; and face-to-face training events for both the public and professionals. See the Training in REBT page.

Details of my Public Lectures are also appended below. These events are intended for individuals who know little or nothing about REBT, and are general introductions to the topics indicated.

PUBLIC LECTURES - 2006

Emancipation

"Life is filled with truly unfathomable potential...in most cases, our so-called limitations are nothing more than our own decisions to limit ourselves". Daisaku Ikeda

Managing

"Philosophy recovers itself when it ceases to be a device for dealing with the problems of philosophers and becomes a method, cultivated by philosophers, for dealing with the problems of men and women". John Dewey

To celebrate my eighth year in private practice as a coach/counsellor/therapist, and my fourteenth year in REBT, I will offer a range of public lectures on the various applications of REBT to common problems. In line with the tradition of the Friday Night Workshops in New York, I will do live demonstrations of REBT in practice, in helping members of the audience with urgent problems that they wish to present for analysis and resolution. The list of seminars will be as shown below, and you can book your place by using the blue, underlined links that follow.

These lectures will commence after Easter 2006, due to heavy pressure of work.

Day, Times and Location: Friday mornings, 10.00am to 12.00 noon, in Hebden Bridge.

Cost: £5.00. You can pay in advance by cheque or postal order, to the address below; or by credit/debit card, or PayPal account, at ClickBank, by clicking the appropriate link below.

LECTURE TITLES:

• What is REBT and how can it help me to change my behaviour and break bad habits.
  
• REBT and Depression
  
• REBT and Anxiety
  
• REBT and Anger Management
  
• Overcoming Guilt and Shame
  
• Managing Stress
  
• Boost Your Self Confidence
  
• Behaviour change in slow, easy steps
  
• The Simple and Complex ABC Models
  
• Managing Effective Relationships

GROUP THERAPY - 2006

I am also offering one group therapy session per week, again commencing after Easter 2006, due to pressure of work. This will occur on:

Thursday afternoons, 2.00 - 4.00pm, in Hebden Bridge.

Cost: £10.00 when paid in advance. £12.00 on the door on the day. You can pay in advance by cheque or postal order to the address provided below; or by credit/debit card, or by PayPal account, at ClickBank's secure server, using the appropriate link below.

To join this group, you will need to be interviewed by Jim Byrne in a private, confidential meeting.

Commencing after Easter, and running most weeks, apart from the school and college holidays, these Group Therapy events will be highly participative group sessions, focusing on individual problems of emotion and behaviour. There will be a maximum of eight places in this group, so early booking is strongly recommended.

If you need any further information, please email Jim Byrne at the ABC Coaching Academy.

You can pay in advance by clicking one of the two links below, or by sending a cheque or postal order (made payable to ABC Coaching) to:

ABC Coaching
27 Wood End
Keighley Road
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 8HJ

Telephone: 01422 843629 or 01422 847882

• Send an email to Jim Byrne to sign up for Group Therapy - and please specify Group Therapy: Email address.

• Book one session of Group Therapy, to reserve your place in the group. Click here to go to ClickBank to pay £10.00 plus VAT at the secure server.

• Book on to the first Public Lecture, to reserve your place. Click here to go to the secure server at ClickBank to pay £5.00 plus VAT.

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