In my view, the problem is not that "none are particularly right or true" if "right or true" is defined pragmatically. From a "sense making" perspecitive,...
While we discuss mechanisms of action in CBT, we should keep in mind that CBT actually is not "extremely effective" in reducing symptomatology, at least for...
There are few studies showing superiority of one form of psychotherapy compared to other psychotherapies. The real issue is that Tx works period. Following...
Hi Bob and all - I wrote this (below) before leaving on my vacation with the kids, but didn't post it. So the thread on drugs and alcohol as coping strategies...
Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D.
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Jan 3, 2004 3:51 pm
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First off, hope everyone had a great holidays, and that the New Year brings each of you closer to the things you value. I would like to reinforce and echo...
... Från: Kelly G. Wilson, Ph.D. Till: acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy@yahoogroups.com ; Rob Unruh Skickat: den 3 januari 2004 16:51 Ämne: Re: ...
Niklas Törneke
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Jan 4, 2004 1:59 pm
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Last month, someone on this list posted a very useful tombstone graphic (with the inscription "Worked 80 hours per week and made lots of money"). I am...
Michelle Heffner
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Jan 4, 2004 4:00 pm
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Niklas' response points out what, again, seems to me to be a problem with ACT's current conception of "values." His question, "... what do you REALLY WANT...
Quoting bfsk1nner <bfsk1nner@...> said below: "Most drug treatment programs, including some AA based ... Just as a matter of interst, SMART Recovery's...
Hank, I'm not really sure I understand everything you're saying here but you raise for me an interesting question which is how we come to choose our values,...
Jonathan Weinstein
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Jan 4, 2004 9:40 pm
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Yes, I agree hank, that values are more like a discovery rather than
an arbitrarily chosen path. This post reminds me of a central question addressed in...
Hank - where is it that we/I said that values were an arbitrarily chosen path? I don't get the concern and perhaps some context would help. k Kelly G. Wilson,...
Kelly G. Wilson
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Jan 4, 2004 11:24 pm
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A friend of mine sent me a couple of emails that someone received from a mid to late thirties divorced School Resource Officer. I can't believe. . . .A COP!!...
Hi, My name is Josefin Mansson and I´m a psychology student at Uppsala University. I´m using my colleagues computer because I´m not on this list. I need to...
Hi folks, I have some questions for the RFT folk out there. Hope this will spark some interesting discussion.... Much of ACT is seen to undermine contexts...
Okay, folks, I finally got around to reading the document that floated by a while back on ACT and Substance Abuse. I mentions several time early on an "ACT...
Hi all, I'm teaching our graduate psychotherapy class this semester, which is basically an overview of EST's, and would like to cover ACT. Could anyone ...
Ruth Baer
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Jan 6, 2004 11:07 pm
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Call for Papers - Behavior Analysis Society of Illinois - Convention 2004 Georgio's Banquet & Conference Center 8800 West 159th Street - Orland Park, IL 60477 ...
Nice question This should be cross posted to the RFT list methinks There is a fine point in here and I think it can be argued multiple ways. Perhaps folks on...
Steve Hayes
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Jan 7, 2004 6:31 am
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... Från: "Steve Hayes" <hayes@...> Kopia: <acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy@yahoogroups.com>; <rft@yahoogroups.com> Skickat: den 7 januari 2004 07:31 ...
Niklas Törneke
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Jan 7, 2004 7:51 am
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Dear list members! being a Swedish talking person sometimes gets you in language problem. And now we´ve got one (a small one). Our paper on unemployed, on...
... Från: <robbhb@...> Till: "ACT" <acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy@yahoogroups.com> Skickat: den 4 januari 2004 21:09 Ämne: Re:...
Niklas Törneke
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Jan 7, 2004 9:18 am
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... Från: "Ruth Baer" <rbaer@...> Till: <acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy@yahoogroups.com> Skickat: den 7 januari 2004 00:03 Ämne:...
Niklas Törneke
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Jan 7, 2004 9:19 am
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I've always found this paper useful. I often send it to colleagues who are interested in ACT. Blackledge, J. T., & Hayes, S. C. (2001). Emotion regulation in...
I like Niklas' points. Seems to me that the "milk, milk, milk" exercise deliberately disrupts contextual control over over Crels. What is left is milk with...
I don't think that it is possible for values, either as a global concept or on an individual basis, can be purely arbitrary (defined as chosen on a whim,...
The issue strikes me the same as the point that while mutual/combinatorial entailment and verbal transformation of function are technically two seperate...
I like two articles: Hayes, Masuda, & DeMey (2003?). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the third wave of behavior therapy. Gedragstherapie (Dutch Journal...
Great point below Niklas...There is a real tension here. On the one hand, as you say:
>>>By objectifying values as something "that must be found", you...
... OK, here goes. Page 206 of the ACT book offers, "Values are verbally construed global desired life consequences." Thus, one might think that "values" are...