To take this analogy of self-as-context as a lens a bit further, as I recall it (and please correct me if I'm wrong) the old phenomenologists said that in...
I'm speaking from an RFT perspective. Some of the conversation on the list sometimes goes past each other because while RFT implications can look eastern etc...
Just wondering if a "better figure" would have no "self as context" on the figure and at the bottom would say, "self as context is the place from which you are...
Sometimes people who have never fished ask me to take them fishing. When we go, often as not a fish will partly stick itself out of the water to eat a bug and...
John, I think it is Nico (Nico van der Meijden <NicovanderMeijden@...>) post from below as well as Ian Stewart's post about the lens to which you are...
Hi all- It is fascinating to me how a physical metaphor like this figure can spur us to look more closely (and in a different way) at an issue, as has been ...
He was a great one; a super behavior analyst, caring of others and of the profession, commited to making a difference, and willing to take risks. - S Steven C....
Hi Folks, I have finally gotten around to posting another podcast. Use the ACBS website as a portal. http://www.contextualpsychology.org/blog/dj_moran Please...
Regarding all these postings about recorded mindfulness exercises: after you check out the Functionally Speaking podcast, poke around podbean.com for ...
Hi Tony and Linda, my professional world is largely in Autism and developmental areas but I have always been a touch too obsessed with the thought that RFT...
Hi everyone a while ago (long while ago) I posted about a boy, Liam, that I worked with for about 7 years. On the last year with him I taught Diectic frames...
Sorry to be sending this message to the RFT list (I am not a member of the ACT list). Does anyone knows a therapist in Northern California? The client I would...
Back from ABCT in Philly I'm sure others were there. Folks want to share their impressions? Mine: * Folks outside the ACT / RFT universe are shocked and...
I have a few. I remember in the early 90s when the talk at ABCT (then AABT) was mostly philosophical/theoretical and at times with bits of data described here ...
Doug. Well said. Personally, I think you are right on. I do think we are making a difference in terms of people thinking more seriously about process and...
Several months ago I asked a question on the RFT listserv about the origin of the term Transformation of Function and I received a reply from Steve that just...
Jonathan Weinstein
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Nov 19, 2007 8:57 pm
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I have several observations about the ABCT convention and reactions to the listserv comments so far. It is my opinion that many folks (maybe 40%) who I talked...
Hi all. My 2 cents: diversity in ways of speaking are good insurance for a non-static universe. I have opinions all the time about whether someone is or is not...
Kelly Wilson
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Nov 20, 2007 2:29 pm
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This is an email I consider to be very important. I have thought a bit about this whole issue and it has come together for me. I thought of titling the message...
The ACT Summer Institute is just six short months away...that means it's time to send us your proposals for ACT SI training sessions. The ACT summer institute...
For many years, well before RFT/ACT came along, I have been personally & professionally interested in the process of resolution of trauma resulting from trauma...
Graham Taylor
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Nov 23, 2007 5:05 am
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I know it's cheesy to comment on my own book, but I do want to second Russ's opinion. If anyone wants my recommendation: evaluated just in terms of applied...
The Behavior Analyst Online Organization is always seeking formal book reviews for the seven on sight journals. Please feel free to send them to me with which...
Found a computer while traveling. Here are a few thoughts. First, I did the teaching ACT more directly workshop at ABCT that I have done for three summers at...
Hank. I am working hard on keeping abreast of terms like Crel and Cfunc. and you gotta start throwing BOFFO around? I had to go to urbandictionary.com for...
A minor point about that effectiveness study: by follow-up self-confidence was significantly higher for the ACT participants as compared to the traditional CBT...
Hi everyone. I have a few simple questions that I am sure have been answered elsewhere but I have missed the answers. Feel free to answer any one or none or...
Hi All: In looking at the emails about the response to ACT/RFT at ABCT I am minded of a quote that Ayllon and Azrin used in their Introduction to The Token...