The name was used as the name of the matchmaker in the Broadway musical hit, Fiddler on the Roof. It was the name of an Israeli spy agency in the 1960's TV sitcom Get Smart, in an episode titled 'The Man from Yenta'.
Posted on January 10, 2010 by Dan. Albert Ellis (1913-2007) is known as the grandfather of cognitive behavior therapy. In 1955, he developed rational emotive therapy or better known as rational emotive behavior therapy of REBT from combining philosophical, humanistic and behavioral therapy.
From 2005, up until the time of his death, Dr. Ellis was involved in a legal dispute with the Albert Ellis Institute, which he said was following an agenda that is in many ways inconsistent with Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. The REBT Network is in no way affiliated with the Albert Ellis Institute. Albert Ellis Ph.D. was a clinical psychologist who trained as a psychoanalyst. Early in his career, he became disillusioned with the slow progress of his clients.