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Albert Ellis


Born
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States
September 27, 1913

Died
July 24, 2007

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Albert Ellis was an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). He held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded and was the President of the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute for decades.
He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and the founder of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Based on a 1982 professional survey of USA and Canadian psychologists, he was considered as the second most influential psychotherapist in history (Carl Rogers ranked first in the survey; Sigmund Freud was ranked third).

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“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”
Albert Ellis

“There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well . And the world must be easy.”
Albert Ellis

“Even injustice has it's good points. It gives me the challenge of being as happy as I can in an unfair world.”
Albert Ellis, PhD

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