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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

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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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Brainwashing
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Prone
People
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