President Launches Scholarship Fund
December 28, 2009

Jeffrey Bernstein, President of the Board of Trustees, launched the 2009-2010 Albert Ellis Memorial Scholarship drive at the Institute’s annual holiday party held in New York on December 10, 2009.

The Albert Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund honors the Ellis legacy by financing the continuation and expansion of the training tradition he so passionately espoused. At the December 10th event over $2,100 dollars was raised for the fund. A 50/50 raffle was won by Dr. Kristene Doyle who donated her winnings to the Fund.

Tax-deductible contributions may be made to:

Albert Ellis Institute/Scholarship Fund
45 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065

Or, by visiting: http://www.albertellis.org/scholarship

Albert Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund
November 23, 2009

The Board of Trustees has inaugurated the Albert Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund to support the training of mental health professionals in Rational Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

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Di Mattia Honered
October 28, 2009

The Board of Trustees of the Albert Ellis Institute has unanimously approved a resolution thanking Dom DiMattia, Ed.D. for his work as Executive Director of the Institute from October 2001 to September 2003 and for his contributions since then to the growth of Rational Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy internationally.

Recent News
October 26, 2009

It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of Cesare DeSelvistri on September 21, 2009. Cesare was the long-time director of the Albert Ellis Institute (Rome, Italy). Our condolences and thoughts extend to Cesare’s loved ones.

News
September 28, 2009

It is with deep sadness that we inform you of Dorothy Sharlip’s passing on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Dorothy, known as Dee, was a Fellow of the Institute in the 1980s. Our condolences extend to Dee’s family.

Diplomate In RE&CBT Announced
New York, September 22, 2009

The Board of Trustees of the Albert Ellis Institute announced the establishment of the Diplomate in Rational Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy to recognize mental health professionals who have attained preeminence in their field and who command the highest respect of their peers.

The Diplomate program will be directed by an independent committee of the Institute’s Board and will review the qualifications of prospective Diplomates and vote on extension of membership to qualified candidates. At its first meeting, the Diplomate committee extended membership to Windy Dryden, Ph.D., and Danial David, Ph.D., who will join the founding Diplomates – Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., Ann Vernon, Ph.D., Kristene Doyle,Ph.D. and James McMahon, Ph.D. Dr. DiGiuseppe serves as Chair of the Diplomate Committee.

Dr. Dryden is an internationally acclaimed author and editor of over 170 books and is Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He currently edits the Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.

Daniel David, Ph.D., is the ''Aaron T. Beck'' Professor of clinical cognitive sciences at Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, one of the largest and most prestigious academic institutions in Eastern and Central Europe. His research is focused on the role of cognitive mechanisms, both explicit (e.g., autobiographical memory) and implicit (e.g., implicit memory; priming) in generating subjective/emotional, behavioral, and psycho-physiological human responses, more specifically, on the role of (a) rational/functional and irrational/dysfunctional beliefs and (b) response hopes and/or expectancies on various psychological and medical outcomes related to cancer and mental health.

Details of the Diplomate Program may be found at the Institute’s website.
http://www.albertellisinstitute.org/professionals/

The Albert Ellis Institute will now open on Saturdays
June 04, 2009

Beginning Saturday June 20th, 2009 we will be open from 9:00am to 2:00pm.

Theo Ijzermans
January 04, 2009

On Friday January 2nd, 2009 Theo IJzermans, a Supervisor and Associate Fellow of the Albert Ellis Institute, unexpectedly passed away. Theo was one of the most prominent members of the Schouten & Nelissen consulting and training community in the Netherlands and has been a great supporter of the Institute over the years. He passed away at the age of 64 while on holiday with his wife Tieneke in Ecuador.

Together with Jan Schouten, Theo wrote books in the series ‘Looking after Yourself” on subjects such as shyness and assertiveness. With Anne Schouten-van Hooft he designed and implemented the acclaimed training module “Speaking Effectively and Relaxed in Public”.

Theo organized many assertiveness training's and was Schouten & Nelissen’s main liaison with the Albert Ellis Institute where he had trained Theo was responsible for introducing Albert Ellis’ philosophy and methodologies into many of Schouten & Nelissen’s course offerings. He published three books with Schouten & Nelissen’s own publishing house – Thema -, of which “The Stumbling Blocks of the Mind” is still considered a basic element of many courses.

We are very grateful for Theo’s involvement with the Institute over the years. He will be sorely missed.

Our thoughts are with his wife Tieneke and his two sisters.

- The Albert Ellis Institute