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Robert E. Alberti, Ph.D., is a psychologist, marriage & family therapist, Fellow (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association, clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, editor, and author or co-author of several books. His work has received international recognition as the "gold standard" for psychological self-help.
Sparked early by a stint as editor of his high school newspaper, Dr. Alberti's published work now includes eight books, a handful of edited newsletters, dozens of articles, and the editing of more than one-hundred popular and professional psychology books by other authors.
Alberti's "formal" publishing career began in 1970, with the publication of the first edition of Your Perfect Right, co-authored with Michael Emmons. That book, first (and often reviewed as the best) of dozens on the popular topic of "assertive behavior," helped fuel a virtual explosion of self-help books (and self-help book publishers!), and is frequently cited as a significant contributor to the advancement of women's rights in the US in the 1970s and 1980s. Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships, now in its ninth revised edition, has over 1.3 million copies in print in the US, and has been published in translation in more than twenty languages.
Among his recent publications is a collaboration with the late divorce therapist Dr. Bruce Fisher on the third edition of Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends, a bestselling guide to surviving divorce, which has 800,000 copies in print and editions in ten languages. "A million families go through divorce each year in the United States. That's a lot of disrupted lives, a lot of pain, and a lot of human energy spent. Bruce left a legacy of at least a million more fulfilled lives and healthier 'second time' relationships," Alberti notes, "and Impact is carrying on his work with the Rebuilding Books series... books designed to help make life easier for those who are considering divorce, those who are going through divorce, and those who are 'rebuilding' their lives after divorce."
These days, most of Dr. Alberti's writing time is devoted to working with authors as editor-in-chief of Impact Publishers, the firm he co-founded in 1970. Under his leadership, Impact has published over four million copies of a hundred-plus books and audiotapes in popular and professional psychology.
A popular media psychologist, Dr. Alberti has appeared on TV's "Donahue" (1975), "Oprah" (1990), "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" with Cybill Shepherd (2000), and on many programs in local markets around the country. His work has been featured in Time Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Human Behavior Magazine, dozens more magazines, newspapers, and other print publications. On radio, he has done numerous guest appearances, interviews, and call-in shows in all regions of the US.
After work, Alberti has found time to play trombone in a local community band, and to serve in leadership roles in local disaster mental health and emergency radio communications groups. "Helping folks to 'communicate' has been one of the central themes in my life."
Dr. Alberti and his wife Deborah will celebrate their Golden Anniversary this year. They have two adult children and three grandchildren. |
