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#33 Further REBT Exploration - Dr. Martin Turner

Pete Jackson

In this second episode of 2025 we have the pleasure of getting to speak to Dr. Martin Turner again - exploring different nuances and themes within REBT, and its growing applicability to systemic and environment challenges.

On the applied side Martin has worked across football, cricket, rugby, cycling, archery, shooting, and equestrian. He also provides performance psychology to business professionals. He’s the Lead Sport Psychologist for England Futsal and his work with athletes has included seasons at Nottingham Forest FC Academy, Nottingham County Cricket Club Academy, Staffordshire County Cricket Club Academy, and Stoke City Football Academy.

You can  find out more about Martin, his books and latest papers below:

Social networks:
https://twitter.com/DrMJTurner
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-martin-turner-828b766b/

The Books:
1) The Rational Practitioner (the one with the Dragon) https://www.routledge.com/The-Rational-Practitioner-The-Sport-and-Performance-Psychologists-Guide-To-Practicing-Rational-Emotive-Behaviour-Therapy/Turner/p/book/9781032060408
 
 
2) REBT in Sport & Exercise (2020) https://www.waterstones.com/book/rational-emotive-behavior-therapy-in-sport-and-exercise/martin-turner/richard-bennett/9780367407803
 

The REBT & Hero’s Journey Paper:Tales of rationality: the rational emotive behavioral monomyth as a metaphorical alignment of rational emotive behavior therapy and the Hero’s Journey narrative structure - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1572636/full 


Recommended book: "Down and Out in London and Paris" (George Orwell): https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/364887/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london-by-orwell-george/9781784878993

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