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Albert Ellis: The Maverick Who Mastered Media and Transformed Lives

This presentation examines how Albert Ellis, creator of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), became a powerful media figure, using TV, radio, books, and live demonstrations to make psychology accessible. Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis will the qualities that made him compelling, his audience engagement strategies, and REBT principles for effective communication and resilience. Attendees will learn how psychologists and professionals can enhance their media presence, navigate criticism, and maximize their impact in today’s evolving media landscape. Learning Objectives: • Discover what made Albert Ellis appealing to the media and public. • Learn how he effectively spread his message through media platforms. • Apply REBT principles to enhance effectiveness in professional and media settings. • Gain insights from Ellis’s journey to foster authenticity, resilience, and audience connection in today’s media landscape. About the speaker: Dr Debbie Joffe Ellis was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. New York City has been her home base for the past twenty-five years. She is a licensed psychologist (Australia), licensed mental health counselor (New York), presenter, writer and adjunct professor at Columbia University in New York City where she teaches Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Comparative Psychotherapies. For years she worked with her husband, the brilliant and renowned pioneer of modern cognitive therapies: Dr Albert Ellis, giving public presentations and professional trainings in his approach of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), as well as collaborating with him on writing and research projects until his death in 2007. Before his passing he stated and wrote that he entrusted her to continue his work. She is recognized as a world-renowned expert on REBT, and regularly presents, throughout the USA and in countries around the world, to students, academics, practitioners in the helping professions, and to members of the general public. She joyfully and passionately continues her mission of informing as many people as possible - through her presentations, teaching, writing, and the ways she strives to ‘walk her talk’ - that each one of us has the power to create our emotional destinies despite and including challenging circumstances, and through teaching the ‘how-to’s’ of doing so!