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• Archive: Albert Ellis was an influential psychologist who developed rational emotive behavior therapy.
• He played a vital role in the cognitive revolution that took place in the field of psychotherapy and helped influence the rise of cognitive-behavioral approaches as a treatment approach.
• According to one survey of professional psychologists, Ellis was ranked as the second most influential psychotherapist behind Carl Rogers and just ahead of Sigmund Freud.
• Albert Ellis is best known for:Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)Writings on human sexualityThe ABC ModelOne of the founders of cognitive behavior therapyAlbert Ellis' Personal LifeAlbert Ellis was born on September 27, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the oldest of three children.
• He would later describe his father as unaffectionate and his mother as emotionally distant.