Running Head: Albert Ellis Albert Ellis Metropolitan State University Biography Albert Ellis was born into his Jewish family on September 17‚ 1913 in Pittsburgh where is father was a businessman. Growing up Ellis classified his parents as emotionally distant and barely showed mediocre affection to their children. His mother he describes as self-absorbed with a bi-polar affect‚ his father was mostly away on business. As a child Ellis suffered numerous health problems and hospitalized several
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Albert Ellis was born in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania on September 27‚ 1913. He was the first-born child of two Jewish parents‚ and with his father being a businessman; he mostly relied on his mother. However‚ in his autobiography‚ Ellis described his mother as a self-absorbed woman with bipolar disorder. His siblings consisted of a two-year younger brother and a four-year younger sister. With both of his parents being emotionally distant from their children‚ Ellis stepped up and helped to care for them
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Albert Ellis and the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Psychology‚ Period A December 10‚ 2012 Albert Ellis and the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Albert Ellis was born in Pittsburgh‚ PA on September 17‚ 1913. He was the eldest out of three children. As a child‚ he mostly took care of his younger siblings because his father was a business man and was mostly away on business trips. His mother was described as “self-absorbed” and “bi-polar” in his biography; so neither of his
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Genesis of REBT – The Historic thought/Ellis’s inspiration 3rd Century BC in Greece & roman Empire Stoicism was School of Philosophy – Key Philosophers -- Zeno of Citium (the founder of the school)‚ Chrysippus [his most influential disciple]‚ Panaetius of Rhodes (who introduced Stoicism into Rome)‚ Cicero‚ Seneca‚ Epictetus‚ and Marcus Aurelius. Following were the key beliefs: * Destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment‚ and that a sage‚ or person of "moral and intellectual
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References: Browne‚ C. M; Dowd‚ T. Freeman‚ A. David‚ Daniel [Ed]; Lynn‚ Steven Jay [Ed]; Ellis‚ Albert [Ed]. (2010). Rational and Irrational Beliefs: Research‚ Theory‚ and Clinical Practice. (pp. 149-171). xix‚ 360 pp. New York‚ NY‚ US: Oxford University Press; US. [Book; Edited Book]
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Analysis of Albert Ellis ’s Life Experiences and Psychological Philosophies Life‚ Education‚ and Experiences Famed American psychologist Albert Ellis (1913-2007) was born in Pittsburgh and raised in New York City (DiGiuseppe 1989‚ Ellis 1992‚ ‚ Sheehy 1997). Albert reportedly had a somewhat troubled childhood‚ but overcame his troubles by becoming a "stubborn and pronounced problem solver" (DiGiuseppe 1989‚ Ellis 1992‚ ‚ Sheehy 1997). As a young child Albert became afflicted with a serious
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Activity 8: A guide to Rational Living with Albert Ellis Ellis is being interviewed by ………It is a very likable and frank interview. Ellis describes an interactional system where behavior is affected by what we think. By changing our philosophy‚ thoughts and states of mind one can change the outcome‚ which is the behavior. Ellis touches in this interview on changing the ‘disturbed’ behavior as well. I find this highly challenging and questionable when the behavior is psychotic or borderline abnormal
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we know‚ can ’t do. Therefore they have much greater ability to change themselves than any other animal has‚ and I hope that REBT teaches them how to do it." -Albert Ellis Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a recently new‚ now highly popular counseling approach (Weinrach et. al‚ 1995). It was first coined REBT by Albert Ellis in 1993. The purpose of REBT is‚ as stated in the Dictionary of Rational-Emotive Feelings and Behaviors‚ "to help clients and others to clearly see the differences
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Wayne Froggatt Third Ed.(this version Feb 2005) Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is based on the concept that emotions and behaviours result from cognitive processes; and that it is possible for human beings to modify such processes to achieve different ways of feeling and behaving. REBT is one of a number of therapies that come under the heading ‘cognitive-behavioural’. In the mid-1950’s Dr. Albert Ellis‚ a clinical psychologist trained in psychoanalysis‚ became disillusioned with the slow
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One of the most widely spread psychological therapies is the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) as one of cognitive behavior therapies. Like other cognitive behavior therapies that focus on the clients’ thoughts as a reason of psychological or physical problems‚ REBT stresses that clients’ perception of things is mostly irrational and “catastrophized” (Abrams & Ellis‚ 1994). The core idea of REBT is that people adapt irrational beliefs consciously or unconsciously toward specific events or
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