He was an Emeritus Professor at the College of Medicine at Howard University[4] in Washington D.C. Maultsby was born on April 24, 1932, in Pensacola, Florida and graduated from Jones High School in Orlando, FL in 1949.

The organization is dedicated to helping individuals reduce and eliminate painful emotional stress through a system of rational thinking and self-counseling.

The current program has been designed to provide a condensed simple, easy to understand process for personal stress management through 'Clear Thinking Analysis' and 'Emotional Re-education.'

[22] Maultsby conducted research on Rational Self–Counseling with and without professional psychotherapeutic assistance, and pioneered RBT-based relapse prevention treatment techniques for alcoholics and other substance abusing children and adults.

Having taught at many universities and pedagogical institutions, as well as conducting workshops and seminars all over the world,[23] Maultsby became interested in developing effective, low–cost ways of making the classroom an emotional health improvement center.

[24] Rational Behavior Therapy has continued to grow in influence since its beginning and has practitioners in many continents across the globe, and Maultsby himself had a significant following as a psychiatrist in not only the United States, but also the South Africa, Finland, and Poland.