Dr.
Albert Ellis (1913-2007) was the author of more than 65 books on psychotherapy,
relationship therapy, and self-help, including Feeling
Better, Getting Better, Staying Better; Rational
Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Therapist's Guide; Making
Intimate Connections and How
to Make Yourself Happy and Remarkably Less Disturbable. He
published over 700 articles and composed more than 200 rational
songs.
Dr. Ellis
was rated by psychologists and counselors
in the United States as one of the most influential psychologists of our
time. He "revolutionized" psychotherapy since 1955, when he
created Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), the first of the
now-popular cognitive behavior therapies. For more information about Dr.
Ellis, click here.
Ted
Crawford, as a young man, served in the US Army Air Corps in India and
China. That experience inspired him to work toward prevention of war and
other types of conflict. He developed a profound knowledge of semantics,
and studied Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy with Albert Ellis. Ted's
major contributions include the system of Revolving Discussion Sequence
and other processes for overcoming differences and disagreements.