Dr Debbie Joffe Ellis was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. New York City has been her home base for the past two decades. 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 wrote the second edition of the book _Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (_published 2019_) _that she co-wrote with her husband in its first edition, and has written chapters about REBT for a variety of textbooks and encyclopedias. She is also featured in a DVD produced by the American Psychological Association (APA) demonstrating and discussing the REBT approach. She has written chapters for various text books, articles, and has reviewed publications for APA’s _PsycCritiques Journal_. In 2014 she was named “Legend in Counseling” at the American Counseling Association annual conference, and has received various other awards and acknowledgments for her work. 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!

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Résumé

The pioneering cognitive approach of Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT) heralded in a revolution in psychology and changed the world of psychotherapy forever. It is an effective evidence based scientific approach, imbued with compassion, that offers tools and techniques to help people cope with dire and challenging situations in our world and in their personal lives. REBT is applicable to people of all creeds, cultures and identifications who wish to empower themselves with the knowledge and tools to enable them create healthy attitudes and rational thinking and to create emotional stability, which in turns encourages effective and productive actions. In this workshop, the presenter (who is the wife of Dr Albert Ellis who heralded in the cognitive revolution in psychotherapy, and who worked with him in all areas of work in their years together in his final decade of life) will share the basics of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in detail, highlight specific applications of REBT to areas such as anxiety, depression, and it's application during times of uncertainty in personal lives and in global situations.