I did not have time over the past few days to comment on JTs, Kelly's and John Forsyth's points re what we might expect when we use deliteralisation on derived...
I'm very interested in ACT. That said, I have some problems with the mechanics of this. For instance, hows this going to work in a mental health, medical...
I'll bite. I know I'm not alone, but I'm the fool to admit it: No idea what he's talking about. Can anyone decipher this a bit? We were talking about trains,...
Thanks for this. I knew there was something not quite fitting even as I wrote in the phrase "most universal of all experiences." I hope that my earlier ...
Has anyone else read Peter Fonagy's Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Origin of the Self? It's fascinating. As a layman I can't say this with ...
Rose, There are very good and reasonable questions. In fact, I remember having several similar concerns when I was introduced to ACT a number of years ago. I...
Hi all of you in ACT/RFT-cyberspace, Hereby a question about the analytical goals of ACT/RFT in relation to theoretical models. Right now I'm writing a review...
Marco: I think you might find it easiest if you go back in history a bit and look at the roots of the ACT/RFT, within behavior analysis and radical ...
Theory of Mind enters into ACT and RFT easily through the concept of deictic frames .. and there are some early suggestions that we can use training in deictic...
Sounds like some great work is going on in your labs! In terms of mirror neurons, I know it's probably a silly idea but I wonder if watching particular...
Hi Lance, If I strawl back on Memory lane of Chronic Pain I encounter the Fear Avoidance model most of the time (if I don't look at the biomedical model),...
Hi Greg, I've found that doing and redoing the rft online tutorial helps. I sometimes have to read posts and print them, and then refer back to the tutorial...
Interesting, I just read a recent article by Fonagy. The theory is definatly different than ACT/RFT, both because of it's base in psychoanalysis and even more...
Niklas Törneke
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Hi Rose, Your views have good company. None other than Albert Ellis (founder of REBT) has often said that you need to have an iq of 130 to get ACT. I think...
Hi everyone, The call for papers for The Second World Conference on ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioural Science is now online and submissions are now being...
Some of my clients have such an aversive thoughts that they are reluctant to do a Milk Milk exercise. In two cases I've uttered the aversive words e.g., I'm...
Hello All - I am tentatively planning to give a 2-day experiential ACT workshop in Baltimore on May 19 and 20. First I wanted to assess interest before we go...
Hi Marco, I'll throw my views in as well. Of the "prediction and control" purposes of behavior analysis - control is the tougher to prove empirically, in my...
Hey Marco and Kevin: I think I was talking in riddles - sorry about that. When I said go back in history, I actually meant to a point in history that pre-dated...
A quick clarification - I did not mean to imply we have no data indicating causation with regard to contextual variables and chronic pain. We are definately...
Hi I am looking for an ACT therapist in southern Wisconsin or northern Illinois that would be willing to help a person with epilepsy. If you are interested...
Tobias Lundgren
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I just want to echo Joel in that if you find that you have to "explain" a metaphor, stop and get a differnt metaphor. It isn't that "metaphors won't work with...
I am of the "let a thousand metaphors bloom" school of thought. Likewise, I love stories and tell many many stories. Stories and metaphors nudge folks and,...
Kelly Wilson
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Kevin and Lance, Thank you very much for your responds, it surely helps me a lot clearing my mind about the subject. If I read both your ideas correctly the...
When you are dealing with psychological variables the link to influence depends on this: a) is there a relatively well worked out theory of the contextual ...
My colleague Anthony Bateman works with Peter Fonagy in London and comments “They might want to read our later book on Psychotherapy and Borderline ...
MI is a purely pragmatic approach. They built it up from what seemed to work practically and still dont really have much of a theory about why it should be...
Hello Dr. Smout, Just some thoughts as I read yur post. The manipulation of in- session contingencies in MI seems very similar to that of Functional Analytic...
Matthew - I agree, I think RFT may offer a nice model to investigate the processes by which MI may shift verbal behavior in session and promote behavioral...
Hi Ken - you're right, it's easy to distinguish MI from ACT. The point I would make is that MI works pretty well. Empirically, ACT would have to step up to...
