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I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

Albert Ellis

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Albert Ellis
Age: 93 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 27
Died: 2007
Died: July 24
Behaviour Therapist
Cognitive Scientist
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Sex Educator
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Unconditionally
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Therapists
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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.
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I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.
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I'm one of the best-loved psychologists in the United States, but I'm also probably the most hated one.
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The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer.
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We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.
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Needing leads to bleeding - to almost all inevitable suffering.
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So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities.
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You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.
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Is self-esteem a sickness? That's according to the way you define it. In the usual way it is defined by people and by psychologists, I'd say that it is probably the greatest emotional disturbance known to man and woman.
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If the Martians ever find out how human beings think, they'll kill themselves laughing.
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You have only to exist as you do and to live your life as best you can.
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Failure doesn't have anything to do with your intrinsic value as a person.
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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.
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