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acceptanceandcommitme...
acceptanceandcommitme...
Jan 1, 2007 7:15 pm
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Hi all, There is a great article in the NYTimes today about medicine and the "epidemic of diagnoses." There are a lot of ACT concepts infused into it...
Here's another essay from the NY Times from a few weeks ago. This was not written by an ACT person and the ideas are not unique to ACT, but they're quite...
*I have a slightly different take on the value of therapeutic insight than that of this author. I think it can actually serve to not only validate one's...
... It can be (and note that the author doesn't deny this -- her title qualifies it as "sometimes") but all too often it accomplishes just the opposite --...
Re: I suppose what's most important is to differentiate experiential from intellectual insight--and I appreciate that ACT does make this distinction. ...
We had this discussion a couple of years ago. I'm not sure that "intellectual vs. experiential" captures the ACT perspective on the issue of insight....
Steve Mahorney
steve.mahorney@...
Jan 3, 2007 1:38 pm
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*Great discussion here. Patty--Steven Hayes directly responded to a question in the ACT telecourse I took last summer re: this issue. The question was about...
Just to be clear, what Steve said in response to the question about folks who are dug in deep with their story was that a good Psychodynamic person will tell...
... I understand that this has been the practice wisdom for many years with psychodynamic therapists, but what evidence supports this claim? I see no evidence...
... It has been my clinical experience that all too often the stories clients come to us with arises from those emotional and experiential insights that they...
*Well, yes, sort of... I agree that it's not helpful to keep encouraging false hope. We are there to gently challenge the workability throughout. That's where...
<http://portal.mxlogic.com/images/transparent.gif> Here's a talk on letting go by a Zen teacher...seems ACT useful...Regards, Jason from Joen Snyder O'Neal...
Jason Gosnell
jgosnell@...
Jan 4, 2007 9:06 pm
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... I understand that there is a distinction being asserted here, but I am disagreeing with the claims being made by some psychodynamic therapists about the...
Well, I have no scientific proof for any of this, just my limited life experience and reports from others. The ACT science is good, but my...
Jason Gosnell
jgosnell@...
Jan 5, 2007 2:33 am
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*Happy new year back at you Jason-- and to everyone here on the list as well! Warmly, Joanne* ... I understand that there is a distinction being asserted here,...
Jason, The article and this discussion has been about insights in the context of insights about one's history as explanations for current problems. As far as I...
Catching up a bit here, I have often thought that when we discuss defusion in ACT, we could place more emphasis on an aspect of defusion that is particulary...
Hello, I am a relatively new member and have been reading with interest the online discussions regarding insight and other topics; especially because my...
*Look, I think we've really covered this but with regard to this article you broach I just gotta say it was decidedly sensationalistic, slanted and sparsely...
... Look, that's your opinion and interpretation, which you have a right to but it might be better if you stated it as such, rather than stating it as if it...
*This is such a fascinating topic on so many levels.* * If anyone is out there on the list doing research with this, please do let me know. * *With regard to...
*With this level of energy and exchange, I think we've carried this as far as we need at this juncture and it's best we continue any further comments back...
Agreed! I regret pursuing this after the discussion was no longer productive and apologize to the list for the waste of bandwidth the recent exchanges have...
Just a little thought here about "diagnosis." My observation is that quite often calling someone "sick" sets the occassion to stop blaming and comdemning them...
I agree...I think the overdiagnosing is a function of our medical system that focuses much more on treatment than prevention. People are often ignored by the...
With addicts, the metaphor of “sick” is often helpful as a road out of the guilt. Not a bad person, but a sick person. A helpful reframe. When the naming...
*Funny you brought up addiction, as the friend in my example here is in a self-help recovery program wherein she has been instructed to keep listing all of her...
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