Ellis, Albert

Ellis, Albert
▪ 2008

      American psychologist

born Sept. 27, 1913, Pittsburgh, Pa.

died July 24, 2007, New York, N.Y.
developed the psychotherapeutic approach known as rational emotive behaviour therapy, which aims to help patients overcome irrational beliefs and unrealistic expectations. In Ellis's approach, patients were taught to eliminate self-defeating thoughts while focusing on those that were beneficial and self-accepting. He popularized his approach in numerous best-selling books and in weekly seminars that he held at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City. Ellis studied at Columbia University, where he earned a Ph.D. in psychology in 1947. He published his first book, An Introduction to the Principles of Scientific Psychoanalysis, in 1950. He also worked with noted zoologist and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey and explored the topic of human sexuality in such books as The American Sexual Tragedy (1954) and Sex Without Guilt (1958). Although Ellis practiced psychoanalysis for a number of years, he came to reject many of the ideas of Sigmund Freud, concluding that instead of laboriously exploring traumatic childhood experiences in their therapy, patients should be encouraged to forget their “god-awful pasts” and concentrate on taking practical steps to solve their problems. Ellis established his institute in 1959. His new approach proved particularly successful in treating patients who suffered from anxiety and depression. In 1982 an American Psychological Association survey of clinical psychologists ranked Ellis ahead of Freud—and second only to Carl R. Rogers—on a list of the most influential persons in their field. Among other books by Ellis were How to Live with a Neurotic (1957), How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything—Yes, Anything! (1988), and How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons (1994).

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