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Originally Posted by owlpride
If you want to see Albert Ellis in action, take a look at the famous Gloria videos:
Gloria was a real patient who had counseling sessions with 3 different psychologists, each of whom demonstrated his own school of therapy. The other two therapists were Carl Rogers (humanistic therapy) and Fritz Perls (Gestalt therapy). Honestly, in contrast to Fritz Perls, Albert Ellis doesn't look so bad anymore  |
I remember we had to watch the Gloria videos in my intro to psych class and I was horrified at the rude behavior of Albert Ellis! He hardly ever let Gloria talk, and just preferred to hold forth as if what he had to say was all that was important. I was used to thinking of therapy as being where the client did most of the talking.
After we viewed the videos, our instructor asked us (400+ students) to vote on which of the 3 therapists we would prefer to do therapy with. The overwhelming winner was Albert Ellis! With >90% of the votes... I realized then that my views were the odd ones! The instructor commented that the votes every term turned out that way. People just love Ellis, or his approach, or something...
