He is first Indian psychologist who enjoys the unique distinction of being a fellow and supervisor of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City.

After serving for 5 years in Ruparel College, he joined ATIRA as a junior scientific officer in Human Relations division.

Gradually, he got promoted as a senior scientific officer which gave him an opportunity to conduct various industry research projects.

In 1987, Windy Dryden, a professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London expressed his wish to see this correspondence.

He left the university in 4 years and joined as faculty at Sir Sorabji Pochkanawala Bankers Training College, Mumbai in 1973.

Being a pioneer, Phadke encountered considerable opposition from the start but using REBT's philosophy, he could develop an elegant model of training programmes for industries.

After getting first introduction to REBT at Gujarat University, Phadke started reading books on wide range of subjects such as psychology, philosophy, literature, language, political science, economics, sociology.

These books assisted him to study, investigate and deeply engage with issues and concerns related to human behaviour.

Absence of efficient communication system between Phadke and his mentor, Dr. Ellis, forced him to rely on his own resources and made him to innovate his own techniques of practicing REBT.

Ellis praised his dedication and mastery over this subject with saying 'I still feel you are the only person in Asia that I consider to be extremely well qualified to practice and preach REBT.

[11] He has made original contributions to the theory and practice of REBT, which were greatly acknowledged by Ellis.

Phadke expanded the letter 'D' and created modified three-fold denotation- a) Detection b) Disputation c) Discrimination.

[12] Phadke demonstrated to Ellis that it is incorrect to classify desires, preferences, demands and commands as Beliefs- rational or irrational.

In order to incorporate the human motives in the A-B-C theory, he coined the more comprehensive term for B- Bedrock of Biosocial Forces.

This classification made the work of detecting the irrational beliefs easy[18] Phadke pointed out that five criteria of rational behavior proposed in REBT were not sufficiently comprehensive.

Brief outline of this format is as follows: A1- Assumption A2-Appraisal A3-Agony A4-Astray A5-Articulate A6-Attack A7-Attune A8-Adjust This term was devised by Phadke to his intervention strategies to suit the client's background.

Usage of this term makes easy for the practitioner to make the clients understand the surplus value they are attaching to some events in their life[22] Phadke invented many innovative practices of REBT which are as follows: Some of these techniques[23] were used effectively for the advancement of the practice of REBT.

Ellis says: 'One of the most unusual influences on me and my work has been that of the psychologist Kishor M. Phadke, of Mumbai, India.