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I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it. Albert Ellis
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I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it. Albert Ellis
I’m very happy. I like my work and the various aspects of it – going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert. Albert Ellis
I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren’t listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. Albert Ellis
I started to call myself a rational therapist in January 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist. But from the start, I always included philosophic techniques as well as experiential, emotional and behavioral techniques. Albert Ellis
I regret that I’ve been so busy with clinical work that I haven’t been able to spend much time on experiments and outcome studies. Albert Ellis
I’m very happy. I like my work and I like the various aspects of it – going around the world, teaching the gospel according to St. Albert – I like that. And seeing clients, doing group therapy, writing books. Albert Ellis
I’m one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I’m also probably the most hated one. Albert Ellis
As a matter of fact, as a result of my philosophy, I wasn’t even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn’t hate him. I hated what he was doing. Albert Ellis
Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. Had I not been a therapist, I would have been an efficiency expert. Albert Ellis
I would like to be remembered as one of the individuals who founded, ideologically and practically, cognitive behavior therapy and who pioneered multimodal or integrated therapy. Albert Ellis