A Powerful 2-Hour Live Training with Debbie Joffe Ellis
Presented by: Debbie Joffe Ellis — Albert Ellis’s wife, colleague, and leading ambassador of REBT worldwide
You are not “broken.” You are not “too emotional.” You are not “failing.”
Most of the time, you are simply believing something that is intensifying your suffering.
REBT teaches a life-changing truth:
It’s not what happens that creates your emotional outcome.
It’s what you tell yourself about what happens.
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Time: 6-8pm (EDT)
CEUs: 2
Format: Live on Zoom
Facilitator:
Brief Biography: Dr. Debbie Joffe Ellis
Columbia University
Dr Debbie Joffe Ellis was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. New York City has been her home base for the past two decades. She is a licensed psychologist (Australia), licensed mental health counselor (New York), presenter, writer and adjunct professor at Columbia University in New York City where she teaches Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Comparative Psychotherapies. For years she worked with her husband, the brilliant and renowned pioneer of modern cognitive therapies: Dr Albert Ellis, giving public presentations and professional trainings in his approach of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), as well as collaborating with him on writing and research projects until his death in 2007. Before his passing he stated and wrote that he entrusted her to continue his work. She is recognized as a world-renowned expert on REBT, and regularly presents, throughout the USA and in countries around the world, to students, academics, practitioners in the helping professions, and to members of the general public. She wrote the second edition of the book Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (published 2019) that she co-wrote with her husband in its first edition. She is also featured in a DVD produced by the American Psychological Association (APA) demonstrating and discussing the REBT approach. She has written chapters for various text books, articles, and has reviewed publications for APA’s PsycCritiques Journal. In 2014 she was named “Legend in Counseling” at the American Counseling Association annual conference, and has received various other awards and acknowledgments for her work. She recently was nominated by former American Psychological Association President, Dr Frank Farley, and renowned psychologist and author, Dr Stanley Krippner, to receive the American Psychological Association's International Division's "Global Citizen Award". She joyfully and passionately continues her mission of informing as many people as possible - through her presentations, teaching, writing, and the ways she strives to ‘walk her talk’ - that each one of us has the power to create our emotional destinies despite and including challenging circumstances, and through teaching the ‘how-to’s’ of doing so!
Website: www.debbiejoffeellis.com
Email: debbiejoffeellis@gmail.com
This course is eligible for 2 CEUs for social workers through the NASW National CE Approval Program in 48 states (EXCLUDING: New Jersey and West Virginia).
This course is eligible for 2 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Psychologists in New York State
For more information about CEU approval, please click here.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
• The REBT ABC Model: how beliefs—not events—drive emotions and behavior
• The difference between healthy vs. unhealthy negative emotions (sadness vs. depression, concern vs. anxiety)
• The 4 core irrational beliefs that fuel distress: demandingness, awfulizing, low frustration tolerance, and self/other/life-downing
• How to dispute unhelpful beliefs using REBT’s practical, evidence-based methods
• How to replace suffering-amplifying beliefs with flexible, empowering alternatives you can actually live by
LIVE DEMONSTRATION
Debbie will guide a volunteer through a live REBT process—so you can see the model in action, step-by-step.
Bring a real-life challenge (stress, anxiety, shame, anger, burnout, relationship conflict, imposter syndrome, perfectionism).
Q&A (30 MINUTES)
Ask your most important clinical and personal questions—REBT application, language, techniques, and how to use it with diverse populations and settings.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Social Workers (NASW CEUs available nationwide)
• Psychologists
• Mental Health Counselors
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• CASACs / Substance Use Counselors
• Coaches, educators, and leaders who want practical tools for emotional resilience
SESSION FORMAT (2 HOURS TOTAL)
• 45 minutes — REBT fundamentals (clear, practical, clinically useful)
• 15–30 minutes — live demonstration
• 30 minutes — Q&A
TAKEAWAY: You’ll leave with a simple, repeatable framework you can use immediately—in your next session, your next supervision, and your next difficult moment.
Because the goal isn’t to eliminate pain.
The goal is to stop turning pain into suffering.
And REBT shows you exactly how.
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