Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Western adoption of Buddhist tenets?

W7: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a new development within behavioral therapy. Its goal is to promote psychological flexibility. Numerous studies show that suffering results when people attempt to avoid their inner experiences (experiential avoidance). This experiential avoidance often leads to rigid and inflexible behavior that also leads them to compromise their goals and what is imp...

The comparison of effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focus Therapy on psychological well-being of Divorced Women

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of group therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment  with integrating Acceptance and Commitment therapy and compassion Focus Therapy on the psychological well-being of divorced women.The research method  was quasi-experimental based on a pre-test, post-test design and follow-up with control group. The statistical population were divorce...

Comparison of the effectiveness of combination of acceptance and commitment therapy with theraplay and acceptance and commitment therapy on quality of life in depressed children

Introduction: Depression affects many aspects of a child's life, and children's playing is one of the conditions in which children's behavior can be better understood, as well as improving their cognitive commitment to the child's behavior. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare of effectiveness of combination of acceptance and commitment therapy with theraplay and acceptance and c...

Running Head: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Emotion regulation in acceptance and commitment therapy.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers an alternative to traditional psychotherapies designed to regulate affect. ACT is based on the premise that normal cognitive processes distort and enhance the experience of unpleasant emotion, leading clients to engage in problematic behaviors designed to avoid or attenuate those unpleasant emotions. Such avoidant behavior patterns can hinder and p...