There is something very poignant about this post. It reminds me once again that it is the destiny of the RFT / ACT work to come fully together, if the model is...
You're right that DBT does teach both change and acceptance strategies--and even incorporates both opposing strategies within its definition of mindfulness...
Hi, I have been leading MBCT groups for a while, and I have some thoughts about why the approach seems to be more effective for those who have had three or...
... I am bending the thread a bit here. To me there are two ways to restructure or re-organize thinking. And they are very different. There is a natural...
Jason Gosnell
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Nov 1, 2006 4:54 pm
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Hi John -- Thanks for sharing those observations. Just a thought about the relation between number of episodes of depression and doing mindfulness work... I...
Although there does not appear to be anything incompatible about behavior analysis and ACT, my experience with ACT and those attempting to understand it is...
*Jonathan, I am fascinated that someone is embarking upon this--until I actually read what you are doing, I hadn't realized this was an un-named curiosity of...
I could not agree more. When we started this work with Liam I recall saying to his TA how easy it was to see why ACT worked so well when we started the...
This is a message about the ACT list serve. It is sent when you join and then every month thereafter. It comes once a month in order to remind the increasingly...
acceptanceandcommitme...
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Nov 2, 2006 2:21 am
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Hi everyone, I have probably been the most silent member of this list serve so far. It's hard to address so many people at the same time. Even in an e-mail...
Marina Bystritsky
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Nov 2, 2006 6:42 am
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Hi, Thanks everyone for your comments- very interesting. I agree that a likely hypothesis for the differential effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy...
I'm getting 3 copies of posts to this list in Outlook. I'm getting only 1 copy of posts from the public list. I'm using a gmail email address and have Outlook ...
Marina, I just have a few moments to comment now. I'd start off with discussing Values right now. What are her values? How does reckless driving work against...
Cool. Any chance the authors might post up a preprint to contextualpsychology.org? -j John P. Forsyth, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Faculty...
Hi Marina and David. I agree that a heavy dose of values early on with this client should be benificial. I think that the other thing to keep in mind with her...
Hi Alicia -- Georg, Matt, and I have learned of several such groups starting or underway. There is a study/protocol just about to launch around the ACT on...
Thank you Jason for this very profound and fresh view of the observer and Observer self /Self... I had to sit with a pen and write down certain passages in...
Hi there, Does anybody know if material has been published on the subject of RFT and AI, probably in a theoretical or philosophical sense? Reading about the so...
At La Salle we have been providing acceptance-based psychological treatment for anger and violence (75% court mandated, 25% self-referred) for the past three...
Frank Gardner
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Nov 3, 2006 2:44 pm
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I'm looking for someone who is willing to do phone therapy with an anxious client. Probably GAD but possibly panic disorder. Client is interested in ACT and...
Hello all, Behavior Analysis Online www.behavior- analyst-online. org has now entered into a new phase in its evolution and growth. We have moved from a small...
Before I left a recent training placement I gave a client a copy of "Get out of your mind...", to cover an interim period of about 7-8 weeks while she was...
Hey Aiden, Good question. I've wondered the same thing. For a starting point, check out: Harris, K. B., & Miller, W. R. (1990). Behavioral self-control...
It is not an RCT, and in fact we have a very small n, but my students and I are running a relevant study right now. We have a waiting list for clients in our...
It is not an RCT, and in fact we have a very small n, but my students and I are running a relevant study right now. We have a waiting list for clients in our...
GOOYMAIYL is that pronounced as letters or as Gooey Mail?...
Kelly Wilson
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Nov 3, 2006 7:32 pm
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hi you could also have a look at this paper: den Boer PC, Wiersma D, Van den Bosch RJ: Why is self-help neglected in the treatment of emotional disorders? A...
*Hi Henrik, I just want to say I really get what you are saying here! There is something very potent and beautiful about the spoken word. When I use a journal...
A nice and fascinating read. The part of the abstract on beginning ACT-therapists being more fearful while using ACT is very recognizable. I have some...