Author: Vincent E. Parr
Bill Knaus Ed.D. is a Teachers College Columbia postdoctoral student in cognitive processes, a graduate Fellow, REBT, former Director of Training at the Albert Ellis Institute, and the author of fifteen books. Gayle Rosellini M.A. was Albert Ellis’s Director of Public Relations. She is the author of six books. Will Ross is the webmaster for Albert Ellis’s approved Web site, REBTnetwork.org, and a specialist in training volunteers for crisis hotlines. Edward Garcia M.A. is an artist, social worker, graduate Fellow, REBT, and former Director of Training at the Albert Ellis Institute. John Minor Ph.D. is an Associate Fellow, REBT, who was affiliated with Albert Ellis since 1962. Vince Parr Ph.D. is an Associate Fellow, REBT, and president of the Center for Rational Living (the Florida affiliate of AEI) and the Rational Living Foundation. Nancy Haberstroh M.B.A. Ph.D. is Director of Psychological Service at Monson Developmental Center and a specialist in rational emotive education. Russ Greiger Ph.D. is president of the Mid- Atlantic Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy and the author of six books on REBT and more than fifty papers and book chapters. Sam Klarreich Ph.D. is on the training faculty of REBT and president of the Centre for Rational- Emotive Therapy in Toronto. He is the author of six books.
Where’s the Evidence? How Albert Ellis Revolutionized Psychotherapy
In 1953, New York psychologist Dr. Albert Ellis looked at the state of psychoanalytic theory and asked, “Where’s the evidence?” That simple question, combined with Ellis’s determined hard work in the face of the ridicule and scorn of psychoanalysts, launched a paradigm shift in psychology—one that transformed mainstream therapy from a mysterious, almost mystical, experience …