# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:42:01.307Z

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name: "Albert Ellis"
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description: "Albert Ellis was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, and was certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded, and was the President of, the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and an early proponent and developer of cognitive-behavioral therapies."
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birthDate: "1913-09-27"
deathDate: "2007-07-24"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump