The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm very happy. I like my work and I like the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I would like to be remembered as one of the individuals who founded, ideologically and practically, cognitive behavior therapy and who pioneered… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I started to call myself a "rational therapist" in January 1955; later I used the term "rational emotive." Now I call myself… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
My rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) was one of the very few therapies that was originated partly or largely because I wanted… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
The Freudian tradition will never completely die because it has a few good points. For example, people have motives and thoughts of… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on… — Albert Ellis Copy Share
“REBT’s Insight No. 1 holds that you have both healthy and unhealthy emotions” — Albert Ellis Copy Share
So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities. — Albert Ellis Copy Share
I'm one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I'm also probably the most hated one. — Albert Ellis Copy Share
I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it… — Albert Ellis Copy Share
I'm very happy. I like my work and I like the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the gospel according… — Albert Ellis Copy Share
Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse. — Albert Ellis Copy Share
“The concept of deservingness for one’s “sins” implies that certain acts are unquestionably under all conditions “sinful.” And this is impossible to prove.” — Albert Ellis Copy Share
I teach people to be flexible, scientific and logical in their thinking and therefore to be less prone to brainwashing by the therapist. — Albert Ellis Copy Share
For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually… — Albert Ellis Copy Share
Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the… — Albert Ellis Copy Share
People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to… — Albert Ellis Copy Share
