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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy was developed by Albert Ellis. REBT is a cognitive-behavioral approach that helps people identify and dispute irrational beliefs that lead to emotional distress, using the idea that changing beliefs changes feelings and actions. Ellis introduced REBT in the 1950s and popularized its ABC framework (Activating event, Beliefs, Consequences). The other psychologists are associated with different therapies: Fritz Perls with Gestalt therapy, Donald Meichenbaum with cognitive-behavioral approaches and stress inoculation, and Aaron Beck with cognitive therapy. So Albert Ellis is the correct match for REBT.