ALBERT ELLIS
[1913-]
He made the best of a difficult childhood by using his head and becoming in his words
“a stubborn and pronounced problem-solver.”
A serious kidney disorder turned his attention from sports to books.
His parents were divorced when he was 12 years old which led him to work at
understanding others.
Ellis set his sights on becoming the Great American Novelist.
He was studying accounting in his high school and college.
He graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the City University of New
York.
Ellis devoted most of his spare time to writing short stories, plays and etc. but later on
he realized that his future did not lie in writing fiction and turned exclusively to
nonfiction to promote what he called the “sex–family revolution.”
Ellis had come to believe that psychoanalysis was the deepest and most effective form
of therapy.
He decided to undertake a training analysis and “become an outstanding psychoanalyst
the next few years.”
He took a more active role, interjecting advice, and direct interpretations as he did when
he was counseling people with family or sex problems.
THEORY
REBT- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy- begins with ABC!
A- for activating experiences such as family troubles, unsatisfying work, early childhood
traumas, and all many things we point out as a source of our unhappiness
B- stands for beliefs especially the irrational, self-defeating beliefs that are sources of
our unhappiness.
C- for consequences neurotic symptoms and negative emotions like depression, panic,
and range that come from our beliefs.
Ellis adds D and E to ABC.
D- for dispute and
[1913-]
He made the best of a difficult childhood by using his head and becoming in his words
“a stubborn and pronounced problem-solver.”
A serious kidney disorder turned his attention from sports to books.
His parents were divorced when he was 12 years old which led him to work at
understanding others.
Ellis set his sights on becoming the Great American Novelist.
He was studying accounting in his high school and college.
He graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the City University of New
York.
Ellis devoted most of his spare time to writing short stories, plays and etc. but later on
he realized that his future did not lie in writing fiction and turned exclusively to
nonfiction to promote what he called the “sex–family revolution.”
Ellis had come to believe that psychoanalysis was the deepest and most effective form
of therapy.
He decided to undertake a training analysis and “become an outstanding psychoanalyst
the next few years.”
He took a more active role, interjecting advice, and direct interpretations as he did when
he was counseling people with family or sex problems.
THEORY
REBT- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy- begins with ABC!
A- for activating experiences such as family troubles, unsatisfying work, early childhood
traumas, and all many things we point out as a source of our unhappiness
B- stands for beliefs especially the irrational, self-defeating beliefs that are sources of
our unhappiness.
C- for consequences neurotic symptoms and negative emotions like depression, panic,
and range that come from our beliefs.
Ellis adds D and E to ABC.
D- for dispute and
