Beck and Ellis Psychological Criticism
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis are famous psychologists who have influenced psychology tremendously in many ways. Cognitive Therapy and Rational-Emotive Therapy, just to name a couple, are therapeutic approaches developed by Beck and Ellis. Aaron Beck was born in Rhode Island in 1921. ... Beck initially practiced as a psychoanalyst and conducted research on the psychoanalytic theories of depression. ... " He has also developed several well known assessment measures, including the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (Parrott). Albert Ellis was born in Pennsylvania in 1913. ... In 1947, Columbia awarded Ellis a doctorate (Gregg). In the late 1940s, Ellis taught at Rutgers and New York University, and was the senior clinical psychologist at the Northern New Jersey Mental Hygiene Clinic. ... By 1955, Ellis was concentrating on changing peoples behavior by confronting them with their irrational beliefs and persuading them to adopt rational ones, also known as "rational-emotive behavior therapy" (REBT). He is currently the President of the Albert Ellis Institute, formally the Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy in New York, which offers a full-time training program, and offers a large psychological clinic (Gregg). Aaron Beck developed a theoretical-clinic approach that he labeled "cognitive therapy". This theraputic approach is based on the premise that there is a "thinking disorder" at the core of psychological disorders. ... Beck has also published a number of scales for measuring different dimensions of psychopathology: Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Self-Concept Test, and Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation. ... Albert Ellis developed an approach called "Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy", also known as REBT. ... "D" is for dispute - the therapist must dispute the irrational beliefs, in order for the client to ultimately enjoy the positive psychological effects of rational beliefs.