Gloria thought it was Fritz Perls who treated her badly. A year later, she formed a lifelong friendship with Carl Rogers and his wife, calling them her spiritual parents and felt Albert Ellis helped her. She died of leukemia when she was still young, in her mid- to late-forties.

I chose REBT as my preferred therapy from watching the Gloria tapes and reading books by all three therapists. I liked both Rogers and Ellis and didn't like Fritz Perls at all. But if you remove his negative persona in later life and look at his contributions earlier, Gestalt therapy has a lot to offer, in the right hands, of course.

I don't regret choosing REBT. It helped me tremendously. I liked Albert Ellis' personality, humor, deft gentleness at vulnerable moments and kick in the rear momentum when that was needed. He was definitely confrontive, saying it wasn't his goal to make clients feel better in the moment, he was aiming to help them get better in the long run. Words to that effect. That's what I needed. I wanted to change my life in the long run, not make myself feel better for a short time. The most important thing REBT taught me was unconditional self, other and life acceptance. It's almost Buddhist in that aspect.