
Nascido: September 27, 1913 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Albert Ellis was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who pioneered Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, a foundation of modern cognitive-behavioral therapy. His books include A Guide to Rational Living and How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything—Yes, Anything!. He wrote more than 75 books and influenced psychotherapy worldwide.
Albert Ellis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 27, 1913, and grew up largely in New York City, where an often difficult childhood and repeated hospital stays encouraged habits of self-reliance and reflection. He first studied business at the City College of New York, graduating in 1934, and spent several years trying to build a career in business and writing before turning decisively toward psychology. He later earned graduate degrees at Columbia University, including a doctorate in clinical psychology, entering the field at a time when psychoanalysis was the dominant model. That early training gave him technical grounding, but it also set up the central break that would define his career.

Albert Ellis
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Albert Ellis
Master your emotions and reactions using cognitive techniques to stay calm when others try to provoke or upset you.

Albert Ellis
Master proven techniques to understand anger's roots, reduce reactions, and assert yourself effectively without losing control.
"Albert Ellis is a stoic philosopher with a sailor's mouth"
— Psychology Today
"Albert Ellis, 93; psychology icon delivered his advice in blunt fashion"
— Los Angeles Times
"Psychotherapist Albert Ellis, whose methods made him one of modern psychology's most influential practitioners, has died in New York at age 93"
— UPI
"Albert Ellis; Pioneer In Behavioral Therapy"
— The Washington Post
"His name is Albert Ellis, and, in case you didn't know, he is the founder of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, or REBT"
— The New Yorker
"Shyness was among the many problems successfully treated by the American psychotherapist Albert Ellis, who has died aged 93"
— The Guardian
"No-nonsense therapist Albert Ellis preached get over it, get on with it"
— Tampa Bay Times
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