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Whereas the 1970s were dominated by the humanistic, client-centered, and gestalt therapy approaches, popular in a large number of graduate training programs and clinical settings, the 1980s gave way to more cognitive approaches, deemphasizing the importance of amygdala-based emotional reactions in favor of addressing the reasoning centers of the cortex. Although the grandfather of cognitive behavioral therapy, Albert Ellis, first began blending humanistic principles with behavior therapy in 1955, forming PsycCRITIQUES- Emotion-Focused Therapy: A Video Demonstration Over Six Sessions what was originally rational emotive therapy (known today as rational emotive behavior therapy; Ellis & Blau, 1998), and Aaron Beck began publishing his studies on the use of cognitive therapy in treating depression in the early 1960s (Beck, 1963), the cognitive therapies became increasingly popular in the 1980s with the introduction of managed care and the demands for brief therapy models. The premise that emotions are reactions to the cognitive belief system prevailed throughout the 1990s; however, recent research has indicated that emotion often precedes cognition and significantly contributes to information processing and the development of cognitive schemas (LeDoux, 1996; Forgas, 1995)