Hi all, and sorry for using the listserve but I don't want to miss anyone from this great community who knows me personally. Believe it or not this morning...
It seems to me, in addition, that RFT will not say anything about blame because that would imply that "I" and "my suffering" are separate entities, existing...
I think the broader behavioral tradition that RFT comes from would say both that we are not to "blame" for our problems, and that we can't really take credit...
... Yes, that seems right. But now I am slightly confused. does this imply that their are a other assumptions in ACT that can not be directly derived from RFT?...
I read through the David & Szentagotai (2006) article from the latest issue of Clinical Psychology Review last night and this morning, and found some ...
How does this issue of blame relate to locus of control? If we are not to blame/responsible for successes, problems, etc. then doesn't that imply an external...
Blame implies ability to predict and influence? I agree that there must be a full continuum of potential circumstances where individuals have from 0% to 100%...
Hi Monica and ACTors I have been a long time lurker here and have greatly appreciated the sincere and rigourous examinations that go on here. They have helped...
Hi Joseph, ... Yes, that seems right. But now I am slightly confused. does this imply that their are a other assumptions in ACT that can not be directly...
In brainstorming about the methodological challenges inherent in measuring acceptance I came across this study and measurement instrument. I'm wondering if...
"You are not to blame" and "you are response able" are two different situations, in my opinion. "You are not to blame for your suffering" is a basic tenet of...
Stephanie, Take a look at the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS): Baer et al (2004). Assessment of mindfulness by self-report: The Kentucky ...
This is cool! Has anybody done anything like this with stuttering? Steve M. ... From: acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy@yahoogroups.com ...
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Notice how the blame-reponse_able distinction parallels a similar "split" between Defusion and Values-- Many fused concepts are bad because they results in...
I posted this previously, but it doesn't seem to have gone through to the list serv so I'm trying again: How does this issue of blame relate to locus of...
Notice also that one could be more pramatic about the distinction. Knocking off the blaming could be done simply becuause blaming "doesn't work" and not...
I am finally starting to get how important it is to help people make this distinction in ACT . Kelly wilson's lab has been doing this for awhile, and I just...
... himself in a pink leotard, skipping through an open countryside, catching butterflies with his butterfly net. But that might not be everybody's notion of...
What is building and using a relational system involving "blame & victimhood" in the service of? My sense is that it is in the service of addressing the...
An excellent source of images, poems etc are the publications of Michael Leunig (who would well known to all Australian ACTers), for many aspects of ACT,...
I've attached a short article I wrote awhile back about blame and responsibility in the context of substance misuse. I think the points are gnerally relevant...
True Enlightenment = Compassion Excellent thoughts, Hank. But is it responsible to treat people with compassion without empirical evidence? ... _____ From:...
Sorry to be late but I don't think this analysis of Joseph's is correct mainly because the treatment focus in CBT is usually emotional upset i.e. anger,...
Some folks couldn't open my attachment so the piece is pasted in below. Hank The Box Game and How to Avoid It Hank Robb, Ph.D., ABPP Individuals may, or may...
... I think that potentially it could accomplish both, especially in terms of preventing re-victimization. If the person falls into anything but the first...
. What is changed in CBT is not "thoughts" but "beliefs," i.e. the ... I think there is much that you say is accurate and, as you know, I also disagree...