It would be good to put to the RFT list. I'll just cross post this response there. I hope no one feels misused by that -- but the comments and question seem to...
Hi folks, Can any of you recommend a good review of the literature around recovery from extinction? The various effect names seem to include : "spontaneous...
In the respondent lit, you ought to check out the work of Mark Bouton. He's written several reviews too. -j John P. Forsyth, Ph.D. Associate Professor of...
I tried to be a good boy and renew my ACBS membership a few weeks ago but then the darn thing crashed. I waited to see if I was charged (I wasn't). Just did it...
Hello Everyone, For those of you who don't know, Steve and I are editing a much needed book on acceptance and mindfulness interventions for youth to be ...
Are there any recent or in preparation manuscripts that review RFT- related research? If so, I would love to get a copy. Please email me back channel...
A couple of weeks back I asked if there were any good, recent review articles on RFT research. Some people back channel expressed an interest in the results...
Hi folks, I just wanted to let you know that, in addition to myself, there will be two others--Emily and Lindsay--- helping out with list moderation duties. If...
Ooops, sorry, that email was meant for the ACT listserve. Please ignore. I believe J.t. is moderating this list, to help keep all you crazed RFT'ers in check. ...
The 2007 conference theme for the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy is "Return to Basic Research: Developing Clinical Interventions on Recent ...
I have received back channel emails asking about the Summer Institute and what folks might expect there. I thought I would just answer on the list rather than...
Kelly Wilson
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Jan 30, 2007 5:34 pm
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Hello all! Any info about the new book. My netbookstore removed my order for the book which should have been released now and they don't list the title ...
DK The book is out ... I have copies. It is on Amazon US, both paper and hardback - S Steven C. Hayes Foundation Professor Department of Psychology /298 ...
Like all approaches to theory that value science and are responsive to the ongoing flow of empirical data, ACT is a 'work in progress' when it comes to pinning...
¡Aleluya hermanos! Ha salido la actualización 2007 de nuestra página web http://www.conductitlan.net (es la neta). Estas invitado para surfear en ella. ...
Well, as has been said, this is in play and that is good. For now, what do I mean by fusion/defusion? Well, I think that *fusion is the dominance of particular...
Kelly Wilson
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Feb 21, 2007 8:46 pm
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I will respond in bits and pieces because I just can't swallow this thread all at once. Joseph C. said: Yet.....to echo J.t.'s arguments... If fusion and...
Kelly Wilson
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Feb 21, 2007 8:57 pm
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These seem right on Here is my problem with fusion. If fusion is JUST transformation of stimulus functions then there is almost always "fusion" I think of...
Hi Kel- ... I think it's important to start with identifying some apparent inconsistencies with how defusion/fusion has been discussed in ACT publications, and...
Hi Steve- I think the reply I just now posted to Kelly's email speaks to much of what you say here (i.e., you might want to read that post first before reading...
Just on this point: So, on the one hand, I have the thought that "I am a piece of crap" and it is TRUE, nothing else exists but that, and that TRUTH organizes...
Kelly Wilson
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Feb 22, 2007 3:00 am
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Hi Kelly-- I'm not sure how this example reflects the perspective I've offered (guess you could say "I'm having the thought that I'm confused"). I'd call the...
This thread is fascinating, and it just brought up this question for me: It's about the 'leaves on a stream' exercise. It's a 'classic' defusion technique -...
Ha ha-this is a good thought! I guess it depends on the contingencies behind the image of leaves on a stream-if verbal processes are tapped into to 'create...
If fusion only means, "take something seriously" then the "problem" turns on the workability of what is being taken seriously in the context in which it is...
Incidentally--What if adding "I'm having the thought that..." in front of a problematic thought got some or all of its bump entirely through reframing, and not...
I would like to contribute three further points: (1) JT writes in his recent article “cognitive fusion refers to contexts where verbal transformations of...
I think your question shows the problem in defining defusion/fusion simply in terms of verbal processes ... as does Russ's leaves on the stream. If you follow...