Albert Ellis

Albert Ellis was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, and was certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded, and was the President of, the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and an early proponent and developer of cognitive-behavioral therapies.

27 September 1913

Born on the same birth day (27 September): Barbara Dickson • Denis Lawson • Gilbert Ashton • Jayne Meadows • John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk • Josephine Barstow • Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd • Massimo Bertocchi • Mihaela Ursuleasa • Paul Bevan • Robert Blake (admiral) • Steve Stavro • Tracy Camp • Vinnie Sunseri

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