The attempt to compare the use of self as context in ACT/RFT with other psychological uses of the word self and subdivisions of the term is interesting and...
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Thanks Niklas, that's very helpful. I've never heard the term ''Self-as-perspective'' before, but I really like it - seems much easier to understand than ...
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Just to avoid any misunderstanding: The term "self as perspective" is not something I made up. It has been coexisting with the alternative "self as context"...
Skinner spoke of the self as a 'locus of perspective'--that one stable perspective from which you perceive all variety of changing stimuli and from which all...
The depression book is authored by Kirk and his wife Patti Robinson. I have not read that part of it yet, but Kirk and Patti are as good as they get and it is...
These are very good points ... and as usual Niklas is exactly on point in his understanding of the issues involved. "Context" can induce misunderstanding, esp...
Hello, all Is anyone using ACT for sleep disorders? I have used a variety of techniques and have found ACT to be very helpful. I am hoping to discuss with...
Can someone upload the self figure to the yahoogroups.com site? Those of us who use the digest or RSS service don't receive the attachments. If you want ...
Hi Grigota, I just had a look at your powerpoint, based on climbing as a metaphor for ACT. It is fantastic!!! Well done. And those photos are awe-inspiring. ...
Yes, I can see how "perspective" might readily be misinterpreted. Terms like "The Observing Self" or "The Observer Self" can also create problems, because...
Yeah ... I've used "pure consciousness" that way as well tho some of my behavioral bretheran get itchy when I do - S Steven C. Hayes Foundation Professor ...
Language is the guest of reality; we know the moon most intimately without any formed idea about it. This is not a foreign idea to contextualists, “ The...
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...
Thanks for your reminder, Kelly! You've repeatedly made the point that EA and fusion can be helpful at times and can even save your life in some situations...
Hi Everyone, I'm putting together a list of some of the better helpful audio guided recordings (commercial and otherwise) that my clients can use in-between...
I recommend the following websites to my students all the time - they can download free guided meditations and lectures and play them on their ipods. There are...
Hi Colleen and group, I completed a multiple baseline ACT intervention for clients with chronic insomnia. The results were mixed but there did seem to be some ...
Hi all, Does anyone know of any recent or in-press work on experiential avoidance in depressed samples? Could be treatment or non-treatment samples. I am...
I had a new client today who, during the session, appeared to display the hallmark symptom of dissociative identity disorder. I have never personally witnessed...
I once had a DID client and went out to look for literature from a behavioral standpoint. The only thing i found was an old paper by Bob Kohlenberg where he...
I've only had this experience with one client who I have seen over a long period of time. We treated the in session dissociation as EA. AS more experience in...
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...
I am writing a paper with Mike Twohig and a fellow student, Jesse Crosby (Utah State University) on ACT and substance abuse (including smoking). If any one has...
Hi Hank...You wrote : I am aware of myself AS a man (self-as-content) I am aware of it AS the thought I'm a man (defusion) I am aware of myself AS thinking...
This brings up a question for me. Does anyone have any sources for mindfulness (tapes, cds, or downloads) that do not have a zen or buddhist flavor?mike...
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...
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