WHAT'S NEW | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCEACTLOGINRFTCBSCHAPTERS/SIGSPUBLICATIONS The ACBS Board of Directors is pleased to present the Final Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research. Two and one-half years in the making, this Report is the result of several hundred hours of work by a 19 member Task Force, which was very carefully assembled by former ACBS

President

2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE Program. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: new this year - 10 simultaneous tracks; new this year - Spanish language presentations (also translated into English; 2 per timeslot); new this year - Portuguese language simultaneous translation track; workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels,

ignites, posters

LOGIN | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE This website uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze site traffic. To learn more about our policies and how we use ACT | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Printer-friendly version Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Developed within a coherent theoretical and philosophical framework, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT The six processes can be chunked into two groupings. Mindfulness and acceptance processes involve acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, and self as context. Indeed, these four processes provide a workable behavioral definition of mindfulness (see the Fletcher & Hayes, in press in the publications section). COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE The CFQ has developed in stages from a 42 item, to 28 item to 13 item questionnaire. During the process of review the scale was further refined into a 7 item, fusion only scale. Groups of researchers who have been using an earlier version of the scale are requested to recalculate data to use the 7 item version. ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 18 Printer-friendly version COVID-19 Latest Conference Information - Click here Visit our 2020 our Online Event page! Our IN PERSON event in New Orleans has now been officially cancelled. QUOTES WITH AN ACT THEME Be the change you wish to see in the world. — Gandhi. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Experience is the teacher of all things. — Julius Caesar. In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Sir Francis Bacon. TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE (TAS-20) Scoring: The TAS-20 is a self-report scale that is comprised of 20 items. Items are rated using a 5-point Likert scale whereby 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree. There are 5 items that are negatively keyed (items 4, 5, 10, 18 and 19). The total alexithymia score is the sum of responses to all 20 items, while the score for

each

HARRIS, ACT MADE SIMPLE, 2009 Based on ACT in a Nutshell, Harris’ popular ten-week crash course on the ACT model, ACT Made Simple makes the six ACT processes easy to understand and implement in therapy. ACT professionals seeking a refresher course on the model as well as therapists new to ACT will appreciate this practical approach. The book includes conversational responses and questions, but also encourages readers to WHAT'S NEW | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCEACTLOGINRFTCBSCHAPTERS/SIGSPUBLICATIONS The ACBS Board of Directors is pleased to present the Final Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research. Two and one-half years in the making, this Report is the result of several hundred hours of work by a 19 member Task Force, which was very carefully assembled by former ACBS

President

2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE Program. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: new this year - 10 simultaneous tracks; new this year - Spanish language presentations (also translated into English; 2 per timeslot); new this year - Portuguese language simultaneous translation track; workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels,

ignites, posters

LOGIN | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE This website uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze site traffic. To learn more about our policies and how we use ACT | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Printer-friendly version Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Developed within a coherent theoretical and philosophical framework, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT The six processes can be chunked into two groupings. Mindfulness and acceptance processes involve acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, and self as context. Indeed, these four processes provide a workable behavioral definition of mindfulness (see the Fletcher & Hayes, in press in the publications section). COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE The CFQ has developed in stages from a 42 item, to 28 item to 13 item questionnaire. During the process of review the scale was further refined into a 7 item, fusion only scale. Groups of researchers who have been using an earlier version of the scale are requested to recalculate data to use the 7 item version. ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 18 Printer-friendly version COVID-19 Latest Conference Information - Click here Visit our 2020 our Online Event page! Our IN PERSON event in New Orleans has now been officially cancelled. QUOTES WITH AN ACT THEME Be the change you wish to see in the world. — Gandhi. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Experience is the teacher of all things. — Julius Caesar. In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Sir Francis Bacon. TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE (TAS-20) Scoring: The TAS-20 is a self-report scale that is comprised of 20 items. Items are rated using a 5-point Likert scale whereby 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree. There are 5 items that are negatively keyed (items 4, 5, 10, 18 and 19). The total alexithymia score is the sum of responses to all 20 items, while the score for

each

HARRIS, ACT MADE SIMPLE, 2009 Based on ACT in a Nutshell, Harris’ popular ten-week crash course on the ACT model, ACT Made Simple makes the six ACT processes easy to understand and implement in therapy. ACT professionals seeking a refresher course on the model as well as therapists new to ACT will appreciate this practical approach. The book includes conversational responses and questions, but also encourages readers to FREE PRACTICAL AUDIO EXERCISES There are several exercises recorded as mp3 or other audio files available for free download. You may wish to save them and listen to them on a computer or personal mp3 player. 15-minute Awareness exercise by Jason Luoma. Leaves on the Stream exercise by Jenna LeJeune. Observer Exercise from the 1999 ACT book recorded by Randy

Burgess.

COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE The CFQ has developed in stages from a 42 item, to 28 item to 13 item questionnaire. During the process of review the scale was further refined into a 7 item, fusion only scale. Groups of researchers who have been using an earlier version of the scale are requested to recalculate data to use the 7 item version.

PUBLICATIONS

Below is a list of publications relevant to contextual behavioral science. Many publications are available for download by clicking "more info" and clicking the file link on the publication's page. AAQ-SA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE) AAQ-SA (Substance abuse) The AAQ for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA) is a measure of psychological flexibility in relation to substance misuse. The original paper describing it pscychometric properties is: Luoma, J. B., Drake, C., Hayes, S. C., Kohlenberg, B. (2011). Substance Abuse and Psychological Flexibility: The Development of a New Measure. DAVID GILLANDERS' TRAINING PAGE I've also done a version 2.0 that changes 'fighting' to 'figure it out' which may fit some clients strategies better. Selected ACT readings - just stories, poems and quotes that inspire me and are ACT relevant. ACT audio exercises: These are 6 recordings of exercises, targeting each of the main ACT processes. Before listening or

downloading you

QUOTES WITH AN ACT THEME Be the change you wish to see in the world. — Gandhi. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Experience is the teacher of all things. — Julius Caesar. In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Sir Francis Bacon. LOUISE HAYES' TRAINING PAGE Printer-friendly version Louise Hayes' Training Page. Welcome to my training page. I hope you enjoy doing ACT work with young people as

much as I do.

COMPARING ACT AND CBT ACT, just approaching its 30th anniversary since its inception, is an innovative form of behavioral and cognitive therapy that has built upon both the strengths and the weaknesses of traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). ACT is based on a behavioral account of human language and cognition called Relational Frame Theory

(RFT), which

TWO MOUNTAINS METAPHOR Two Mountains Metaphor. Quoted from Twohig, M. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated Treatment Manual "It’s like you’re in the process of climbing up a big mountain that has lots of dangerous places on it. My job is to watch out for you and shout out directions if I can see places you might slip or hurt yourself. But I’m not able to do this DIFFERENCES/SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ACT/DBT Printer-friendly version. ACT and DBT could be considered sister/brother technologies.Both have been described as part of the "third wave" of cognitive-behavioral therapies, which also includes therapies such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and integrative behavioral couples therapy (and potentially the new modern behavior analytic form of behavioral activitation by the deceased WHAT'S NEW | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCEACTLOGINRFTCBSCHAPTERS/SIGSPUBLICATIONS The ACBS Board of Directors is pleased to present the Final Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research. Two and one-half years in the making, this Report is the result of several hundred hours of work by a 19 member Task Force, which was very carefully assembled by former ACBS

President

2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE Program. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: new this year - 10 simultaneous tracks; new this year - Spanish language presentations (also translated into English; 2 per timeslot); new this year - Portuguese language simultaneous translation track; workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels,

ignites, posters

LOGIN | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE This website uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze site traffic. To learn more about our policies and how we use THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT The six processes can be chunked into two groupings. Mindfulness and acceptance processes involve acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, and self as context. Indeed, these four processes provide a workable behavioral definition of mindfulness (see the Fletcher & Hayes, in press in the publications section). COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE The CFQ has developed in stages from a 42 item, to 28 item to 13 item questionnaire. During the process of review the scale was further refined into a 7 item, fusion only scale. Groups of researchers who have been using an earlier version of the scale are requested to recalculate data to use the 7 item version. ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 18 Printer-friendly version COVID-19 Latest Conference Information - Click here Visit our 2020 our Online Event page! Our IN PERSON event in New Orleans has now been officially cancelled. AAQ-SA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE) AAQ-SA (Substance abuse) The AAQ for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA) is a measure of psychological flexibility in relation to substance misuse. The original paper describing it pscychometric properties is: Luoma, J. B., Drake, C., Hayes, S. C., Kohlenberg, B. (2011). Substance Abuse and Psychological Flexibility: The Development of a New Measure. DAVID GILLANDERS' TRAINING PAGE I've also done a version 2.0 that changes 'fighting' to 'figure it out' which may fit some clients strategies better. Selected ACT readings - just stories, poems and quotes that inspire me and are ACT relevant. ACT audio exercises: These are 6 recordings of exercises, targeting each of the main ACT processes. Before listening or

downloading you

QUOTES WITH AN ACT THEME Be the change you wish to see in the world. — Gandhi. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Experience is the teacher of all things. — Julius Caesar. In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Sir Francis Bacon. TWO MOUNTAINS METAPHOR Two Mountains Metaphor. Quoted from Twohig, M. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated Treatment Manual "It’s like you’re in the process of climbing up a big mountain that has lots of dangerous places on it. My job is to watch out for you and shout out directions if I can see places you might slip or hurt yourself. But I’m not able to do this WHAT'S NEW | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCEACTLOGINRFTCBSCHAPTERS/SIGSPUBLICATIONS The ACBS Board of Directors is pleased to present the Final Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research. Two and one-half years in the making, this Report is the result of several hundred hours of work by a 19 member Task Force, which was very carefully assembled by former ACBS

President

2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE Program. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: new this year - 10 simultaneous tracks; new this year - Spanish language presentations (also translated into English; 2 per timeslot); new this year - Portuguese language simultaneous translation track; workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels,

ignites, posters

LOGIN | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE This website uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze site traffic. To learn more about our policies and how we use THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT The six processes can be chunked into two groupings. Mindfulness and acceptance processes involve acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, and self as context. Indeed, these four processes provide a workable behavioral definition of mindfulness (see the Fletcher & Hayes, in press in the publications section). COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE The CFQ has developed in stages from a 42 item, to 28 item to 13 item questionnaire. During the process of review the scale was further refined into a 7 item, fusion only scale. Groups of researchers who have been using an earlier version of the scale are requested to recalculate data to use the 7 item version. ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 18 Printer-friendly version COVID-19 Latest Conference Information - Click here Visit our 2020 our Online Event page! Our IN PERSON event in New Orleans has now been officially cancelled. AAQ-SA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE) AAQ-SA (Substance abuse) The AAQ for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA) is a measure of psychological flexibility in relation to substance misuse. The original paper describing it pscychometric properties is: Luoma, J. B., Drake, C., Hayes, S. C., Kohlenberg, B. (2011). Substance Abuse and Psychological Flexibility: The Development of a New Measure. DAVID GILLANDERS' TRAINING PAGE I've also done a version 2.0 that changes 'fighting' to 'figure it out' which may fit some clients strategies better. Selected ACT readings - just stories, poems and quotes that inspire me and are ACT relevant. ACT audio exercises: These are 6 recordings of exercises, targeting each of the main ACT processes. Before listening or

downloading you

QUOTES WITH AN ACT THEME Be the change you wish to see in the world. — Gandhi. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Experience is the teacher of all things. — Julius Caesar. In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Sir Francis Bacon. TWO MOUNTAINS METAPHOR Two Mountains Metaphor. Quoted from Twohig, M. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated Treatment Manual "It’s like you’re in the process of climbing up a big mountain that has lots of dangerous places on it. My job is to watch out for you and shout out directions if I can see places you might slip or hurt yourself. But I’m not able to do this COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE The CFQ has developed in stages from a 42 item, to 28 item to 13 item questionnaire. During the process of review the scale was further refined into a 7 item, fusion only scale. Groups of researchers who have been using an earlier version of the scale are requested to recalculate data to use the 7 item version. THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT The six processes can be chunked into two groupings. Mindfulness and acceptance processes involve acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, and self as context. Indeed, these four processes provide a workable behavioral definition of mindfulness (see the Fletcher & Hayes, in press in the publications section).

ABOUT CONTEXTUALISM

The vision of psychology represented on this website is based on contextualism. It is a world view in which any event is interpreted as an ongoing act inseparable from its current and historical context and in which a radically functional approach to truth and meaning is adopted. These two aspects represent contextualism’s root metaphor

and

ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 2020 ONLINE Our brief outline of the Conference Program is availabe here. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels, ignites, posters. networking rooms. one-on-one video networking. extended schedule (to satisfy more time zones) conference app. CE credits. HARRIS, ACT MADE SIMPLE, 2009 Based on ACT in a Nutshell, Harris’ popular ten-week crash course on the ACT model, ACT Made Simple makes the six ACT processes easy to understand and implement in therapy. ACT professionals seeking a refresher course on the model as well as therapists new to ACT will appreciate this practical approach. The book includes conversational responses and questions, but also encourages readers to TWO MOUNTAINS METAPHOR Two Mountains Metaphor. Quoted from Twohig, M. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated Treatment Manual "It’s like you’re in the process of climbing up a big mountain that has lots of dangerous places on it. My job is to watch out for you and shout out directions if I can see places you might slip or hurt yourself. But I’m not able to do this TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE (TAS-20) Scoring: The TAS-20 is a self-report scale that is comprised of 20 items. Items are rated using a 5-point Likert scale whereby 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree. There are 5 items that are negatively keyed (items 4, 5, 10, 18 and 19). The total alexithymia score is the sum of responses to all 20 items, while the score for

each

DEICTIC FRAMES

Deictic relations seem to be a particularly important family of relational frames that may be critical for perspective-taking. An example is the three frames of I and YOU, HERE and THERE, and NOW and THEN. These frames are unlike the others mentioned previously in that they do not appear to have any formal or nonarbitrary counterparts. COMPARING ACT AND CBT ACT, just approaching its 30th anniversary since its inception, is an innovative form of behavioral and cognitive therapy that has built upon both the strengths and the weaknesses of traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). ACT is based on a behavioral account of human language and cognition called Relational Frame Theory

(RFT), which

WILSON & MURRELL, 2004 Abstract: This chapter focuses on the potential relationship between values-oriented interventions and behavior therapy procedures. Throughout, we attempt to make the connection between values and emerging issues in the behavior therapy movement. Values work has the potential to fundamentally alter our client’s relationship with

adversity.

WHAT'S NEW | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCEACTLOGINRFTCBSCHAPTERS/SIGSPUBLICATIONS Welcome to the official website of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, a worldwide online learning and research community, and a living resource for anyone interested in ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science. Find out more about us. 2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE Program. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: new this year - 10 simultaneous tracks; new this year - Spanish language presentations (also translated into English; 2 per timeslot); new this year - Portuguese language simultaneous translation track; workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels,

ignites, posters

LOGIN | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE This website uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze site traffic. To learn more about our policies and how we use

ABOUT CONTEXTUALISM

Printer-friendly version. In his 1942 book World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence, philosopher Stephen Pepper noted that philosophical systems tend to cluster around a few distinct "world hypotheses" or "world views."Each world view is characterized by a distinctive underlying root metaphor and truth criterion.Root metaphors are based on seemingly well-understood, common-sense, everyday objects THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT Printer-friendly version The Psychological Flexibility Model. The general goal of ACT is to increase psychological flexibility – the ability to contact the present moment more fully as a conscious human being, and to change or persist in behavior when doing so serves

valued ends.

COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE Printer-friendly version. CFQ Update 8th July 2014. The Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire is a brief self report measure of cognitive fusion. It is now in print at Behavior Therapy and can be cited as

follows:

AAQ-SA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE) Printer-friendly version. The AAQ for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA) is a measure of psychological flexibility in relation to substance misuse. The original paper describing it pscychometric properties is: QUOTES WITH AN ACT THEME Printer-friendly version These quotes, most of which are good to share with clients, come from numerous resources, including the introductory quotes to chapters of ACT books. DAVID GILLANDERS' TRAINING PAGE Printer-friendly version. Hi, I hope you've enjoyed training with me or maybe you have just found these training goodies! Hope you enjoy these materials and find them useful, they are given away, not for profit, so don't go making a profit from them! TWO MOUNTAINS METAPHOR Printer-friendly version. Quoted from Twohig, M. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated Treatment Manual "It’s like you’re in the process of climbing up a big mountain that has lots of dangerous places on it. WHAT'S NEW | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCEACTLOGINRFTCBSCHAPTERS/SIGSPUBLICATIONS Welcome to the official website of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, a worldwide online learning and research community, and a living resource for anyone interested in ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science. Find out more about us. 2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE Program. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: new this year - 10 simultaneous tracks; new this year - Spanish language presentations (also translated into English; 2 per timeslot); new this year - Portuguese language simultaneous translation track; workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels,

ignites, posters

LOGIN | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE This website uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze site traffic. To learn more about our policies and how we use

ABOUT CONTEXTUALISM

Printer-friendly version. In his 1942 book World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence, philosopher Stephen Pepper noted that philosophical systems tend to cluster around a few distinct "world hypotheses" or "world views."Each world view is characterized by a distinctive underlying root metaphor and truth criterion.Root metaphors are based on seemingly well-understood, common-sense, everyday objects THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT Printer-friendly version The Psychological Flexibility Model. The general goal of ACT is to increase psychological flexibility – the ability to contact the present moment more fully as a conscious human being, and to change or persist in behavior when doing so serves

valued ends.

COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE Printer-friendly version. CFQ Update 8th July 2014. The Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire is a brief self report measure of cognitive fusion. It is now in print at Behavior Therapy and can be cited as

follows:

AAQ-SA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE) Printer-friendly version. The AAQ for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA) is a measure of psychological flexibility in relation to substance misuse. The original paper describing it pscychometric properties is: QUOTES WITH AN ACT THEME Printer-friendly version These quotes, most of which are good to share with clients, come from numerous resources, including the introductory quotes to chapters of ACT books. DAVID GILLANDERS' TRAINING PAGE Printer-friendly version. Hi, I hope you've enjoyed training with me or maybe you have just found these training goodies! Hope you enjoy these materials and find them useful, they are given away, not for profit, so don't go making a profit from them! TWO MOUNTAINS METAPHOR Printer-friendly version. Quoted from Twohig, M. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated Treatment Manual "It’s like you’re in the process of climbing up a big mountain that has lots of dangerous places on it. THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT Printer-friendly version The Psychological Flexibility Model. The general goal of ACT is to increase psychological flexibility – the ability to contact the present moment more fully as a conscious human being, and to change or persist in behavior when doing so serves

valued ends.

ABOUT CONTEXTUALISM

Printer-friendly version. In his 1942 book World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence, philosopher Stephen Pepper noted that philosophical systems tend to cluster around a few distinct "world hypotheses" or "world views."Each world view is characterized by a distinctive underlying root metaphor and truth criterion.Root metaphors are based on seemingly well-understood, common-sense, everyday objects COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE Printer-friendly version. CFQ Update 8th July 2014. The Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire is a brief self report measure of cognitive fusion. It is now in print at Behavior Therapy and can be cited as

follows:

ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 2020 ONLINE Printer-friendly version. ACBS is taking the World Conference online! Join us to make this an unprecedented learning and networking experience. Registration AFQ-Y | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Printer-friendly version. The AFQ was derived from an initial pool of 50 items developed to measure psychological acceptance, conceptualized as an active and multidimensional process involving high or low levels of: willingness to experience private events, values-oriented action, experiential avoidance, and cognitive and emotional fusion. COMPARING ACT AND CBT Printer-friendly version. From my website, www.whitepinepsych.com: Treatment Approaches. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? TWO MOUNTAINS METAPHOR Printer-friendly version. Quoted from Twohig, M. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated Treatment Manual "It’s like you’re in the process of climbing up a big mountain that has lots of dangerous places on it. TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE (TAS-20) Printer-friendly version. Authors: R. Michael Bagby, James D. A. Parker and Graeme J. Taylor. The TAS is a 20-item instrument that is one of the most commonly used measures of alexithymia. HARRIS, ACT MADE SIMPLE, 2009 Based on ACT in a Nutshell, Harris’ popular ten-week crash course on the ACT model, ACT Made Simple makes the six ACT processes easy to understand and implement in therapy. ACT professionals seeking a refresher course on the model as well as therapists new to ACT will appreciate this practical approach. The book includes conversational responses and questions, but also encourages readers to WILSON & MURRELL, 2004 Wilson, K. G., & Murrell, A. R. (2004). Values work in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Setting a Course for Behavioral Treatment. In Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M WHAT'S NEW | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCEACTLOGINRFTCBSCHAPTERS/SIGSPUBLICATIONS The ACBS Board of Directors is pleased to present the Final Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research. Two and one-half years in the making, this Report is the result of several hundred hours of work by a 19 member Task Force, which was very carefully assembled by former ACBS

President

2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE Program. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: new this year - 10 simultaneous tracks; new this year - Spanish language presentations (also translated into English; 2 per timeslot); new this year - Portuguese language simultaneous translation track; workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels,

ignites, posters

LOGIN | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE This website uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze site traffic. To learn more about our policies and how we use ACT | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Printer-friendly version Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Developed within a coherent theoretical and philosophical framework, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT The six processes can be chunked into two groupings. Mindfulness and acceptance processes involve acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, and self as context. Indeed, these four processes provide a workable behavioral definition of mindfulness (see the Fletcher & Hayes, in press in the publications section). ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 18 Printer-friendly version COVID-19 Latest Conference Information - Click here Visit our 2020 our Online Event page! Our IN PERSON event in New Orleans has now been officially cancelled. ACBS RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT GRANT AAQ-SA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE) AAQ-SA (Substance abuse) The AAQ for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA) is a measure of psychological flexibility in relation to substance misuse. The original paper describing it pscychometric properties is: Luoma, J. B., Drake, C., Hayes, S. C., Kohlenberg, B. (2011). Substance Abuse and Psychological Flexibility: The Development of a New Measure. DAVID GILLANDERS' TRAINING PAGE I've also done a version 2.0 that changes 'fighting' to 'figure it out' which may fit some clients strategies better. Selected ACT readings - just stories, poems and quotes that inspire me and are ACT relevant. ACT audio exercises: These are 6 recordings of exercises, targeting each of the main ACT processes. Before listening or

downloading you

COMPARING ACT AND CBT ACT, just approaching its 30th anniversary since its inception, is an innovative form of behavioral and cognitive therapy that has built upon both the strengths and the weaknesses of traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). ACT is based on a behavioral account of human language and cognition called Relational Frame Theory

(RFT), which

WHAT'S NEW | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCEACTLOGINRFTCBSCHAPTERS/SIGSPUBLICATIONS The ACBS Board of Directors is pleased to present the Final Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research. Two and one-half years in the making, this Report is the result of several hundred hours of work by a 19 member Task Force, which was very carefully assembled by former ACBS

President

2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE Program. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: new this year - 10 simultaneous tracks; new this year - Spanish language presentations (also translated into English; 2 per timeslot); new this year - Portuguese language simultaneous translation track; workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels,

ignites, posters

LOGIN | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE This website uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze site traffic. To learn more about our policies and how we use ACT | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Printer-friendly version Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Developed within a coherent theoretical and philosophical framework, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT The six processes can be chunked into two groupings. Mindfulness and acceptance processes involve acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, and self as context. Indeed, these four processes provide a workable behavioral definition of mindfulness (see the Fletcher & Hayes, in press in the publications section). ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 18 Printer-friendly version COVID-19 Latest Conference Information - Click here Visit our 2020 our Online Event page! Our IN PERSON event in New Orleans has now been officially cancelled. ACBS RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT GRANT AAQ-SA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE) AAQ-SA (Substance abuse) The AAQ for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA) is a measure of psychological flexibility in relation to substance misuse. The original paper describing it pscychometric properties is: Luoma, J. B., Drake, C., Hayes, S. C., Kohlenberg, B. (2011). Substance Abuse and Psychological Flexibility: The Development of a New Measure. DAVID GILLANDERS' TRAINING PAGE I've also done a version 2.0 that changes 'fighting' to 'figure it out' which may fit some clients strategies better. Selected ACT readings - just stories, poems and quotes that inspire me and are ACT relevant. ACT audio exercises: These are 6 recordings of exercises, targeting each of the main ACT processes. Before listening or

downloading you

COMPARING ACT AND CBT ACT, just approaching its 30th anniversary since its inception, is an innovative form of behavioral and cognitive therapy that has built upon both the strengths and the weaknesses of traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). ACT is based on a behavioral account of human language and cognition called Relational Frame Theory

(RFT), which

PUBLICATIONS

Below is a list of publications relevant to contextual behavioral science. Many publications are available for download by clicking "more info" and clicking the file link on the publication's page. THE SIX CORE PROCESSES OF ACT The six processes can be chunked into two groupings. Mindfulness and acceptance processes involve acceptance, defusion, contact with the present moment, and self as context. Indeed, these four processes provide a workable behavioral definition of mindfulness (see the Fletcher & Hayes, in press in the publications section). ABOUT ACT | ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Printer-friendly version Psychological Inflexibility: An ACT View of Suffering. The core conception of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is that psychological suffering is usually caused by the interface between human language and cognition, and the control of human behavior by direct experience. Psychological inflexibility is argued to emerge from experiential avoidance, cognitive ACBS WORLD CONFERENCE 2020 ONLINE Our brief outline of the Conference Program is availabe here. You can expect the following and more at our multi-track 3.5 day event: workshops, research symposia, plenaries, panels, ignites, posters. networking rooms. one-on-one video networking. extended schedule (to satisfy more time zones) conference app. CE credits. TREATMENT PROTOCOL AND MANUALS Treatment Protocol and Manuals. Submitted by Steven Hayes. Printer-friendly version. ACT is an orientation to psychotherapy that is based on functional contextualism as a philosophy and RFT as a theory. As such, it is not a specific set of techniques. ACT protocols target the processes of language that are hypothesized to be involved

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COGNITIVE FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE The CFQ has developed in stages from a 42 item, to 28 item to 13 item questionnaire. During the process of review the scale was further refined into a 7 item, fusion only scale. Groups of researchers who have been using an earlier version of the scale are requested to recalculate data to use the 7 item version. AAQ-SA (SUBSTANCE ABUSE) AAQ-SA (Substance abuse) The AAQ for Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA) is a measure of psychological flexibility in relation to substance misuse. The original paper describing it pscychometric properties is: Luoma, J. B., Drake, C., Hayes, S. C., Kohlenberg, B. (2011). Substance Abuse and Psychological Flexibility: The Development of a New Measure. QUOTES WITH AN ACT THEME Be the change you wish to see in the world. — Gandhi. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Experience is the teacher of all things. — Julius Caesar. In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Sir Francis Bacon. LOUISE HAYES' TRAINING PAGE Printer-friendly version Louise Hayes' Training Page. Welcome to my training page. I hope you enjoy doing ACT work with young people as

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ACT THERAPEUTIC POSTURE ACT Therapeutic Posture. Submitted by Steven Hayes. Printer-friendly version. Whatever a client is experiencing is not the enemy. It is the fight against experiencing experiences that is harmful and traumatic. You can't rescue clients from the difficulty and challenge of growth. Compassionately accept no reasons—the issue is workability not

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ACBS RELEASES TASK FORCE REPORT ON THE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS OF CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE RESEARCH The ACBS Board of Directors is pleased to present the Final Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research. Two and one-half years in the making, this Report is the result of several hundred hours of work by a 19 member Task Force, which was very carefully assembled by former ACBS President Louse Hayes and has been working ever since. ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY EXCEEDS 600 RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED

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By Steven C. Hayes ACT RCTs have hit 600 trials! That's right. 600. If you spend a little time looking at this amazing body of work several things jump out at you. ACT Randomized Controlled Trials webpage First, the increased rate of RCT production is jaw dropping. It took 28 years for ACT to reach 100 Randomized Controlled Trials but there were 103 trials in 2020 alone -- a new RCT every few days. It is already notably faster in 2021. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN In April 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the United Kingdom published the guidelines “Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: assessment of all chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain.” The guidelines contain exciting news for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy researchers and practitioners: ACT is specifically recommended for managing chronic primary pain in people aged 16 years and over.

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