Albert Ellis
Albert Ellis
Albert Elliswas an American psychologist who in 1955 developed rational emotive behavior therapy. He held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and American Board of Professional Psychology. 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth27 September 1913
CountryUnited States of America
The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for.
Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or strongly evaluative kind - of thought.
Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.
Whining about your own, others', or the world's failings is a main element in what we usually call neurosis.
We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.
Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them.
People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.
I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.
I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.
Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.
People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.
Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.
The goal of all life is to have a ball.