Albert Ellis' approach, Rational Emotive Psychotherapy, deals primarily with the client's thoughts and how the client views life events. Ellis challenges Gloria's absolutes, her "awfulizing" and "catastrophizing", that make her feel so dissatisfied with herself and that sabotage her relationships with others. He tells her that the irrational things she says to herself cause her negative feelings and her consequent behaviors. She begins to discover that by correcting her irrational thoughts she can reverse their consequences. Dr. Albert Ellis. gives his summation of the effectiveness of the interview. Producer Everett Shostrom introduces the film, and in conclusion, discusses with Gloria her experiences with the three therapists-- Rogers, Perls and Ellis.