Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis
Licensed Psychologist (Australia), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (New York), Writer & Adjunct Professor at Columbia University
Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis
Licensed Psychologist (Australia), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (New York), Writer & Adjunct Professor at Columbia University
Biography
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. 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 recently was nominated by former American Psychological Association President, Dr Frank Farley, and renowned psychologist and author, Dr Stanley Krippner, to receive the American Psychological Association's International Division's "Global Citizen Award".
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!
Speaker Videos
Empowerment Compassion & Embracing Life’s Challenges: The Gifts of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Speech Topics
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything - Yes Anything!
We humans have the power to create our own emotional destinies - no matter how challenging our outer circumstances are in our personal lives, relationships, life and societal events, or work situations. In this presentation attendees will learn the difference between the healthy and unhealthy emotions, and how to think in ways that create more joy, prevent emotional misery and enhance our lives.
Eliminating Stress
There may be circumstances in life that we cannot change, but we do have the power to change our thoughts and attitudes when bad things happen - and as a result we can create a stress free life. This presentation includes the how-to's for doing so!
The How-To's of Maximizing Joy & Minimizing Suffering in Life
True empowerment comes from knowing that we, and only we, create our emotions: it's not our circumstances!
When we think in irrational ways when bad things happen we create unhealthy and debilitating negative emotions.
When we think in rational ways about the same unwanted circumstances, we create healthy and often motivating emotions.
This presentation includes learning the differences between healthy and unhealthy thinking and emotions, the how-to's of creating healthy ones, and the keys to creating more joy and minimal suffering in our lives.
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