About the book: 1994 / Albert Ellis - American clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, founder of rational-emotive therapy - one of the most famous (especially in the USA) psychotherapeutic schools of cognitive orientation. Received a PhD in clinical psychology from Columbia University (New York). For many years he practiced classical psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy. Having experienced disappointment in the effectiveness of the psychoanalytic approach, in the 40-50s he developed the basic principles of his own psychotherapeutic method, which differed from psychoanalysis primarily in its focus not on using the conflicting infantile experience of patients, but on correcting their irrational attitudes, as well as being much more active and directive position of the psychotherapist. In 1959 founded the Institute of Rational Emotive Therapy in New York, which he still heads today. Albert Ellis has published more than 600 articles in various psychotherapeutic publications on the use of the rational-emotive approach in individual, group and family psychotherapy. He is the author and editor of more than 50 books and monographs; some of them became bestsellers. His most famous works are: A New Guide to Rational Living (1975); Humanistic Psychotherapy (1973); A Guide to Successful Marriage (1961); The Art and Science of Love (1969). The translation of Ellis's published article is based on the text: Ellis AA Sadly Neglected Cognitive Element in Depression. - Cognitive Therapy and Research, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1987, p.121-146.