addiction is regarded as a crucial threat for family health. it seems that the third wave of cognitive behavioral therapies with an emphasis on mindfulness and psychological resilience are effective in the rehabilitation of substance using married women with children.the present study intended to assess the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment counseling for self-efficacy and marital sati...

In this article, the authors assess the successes, remaining challenges, and new developments in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders. They define CBT, examine treatment components, review treatment efficacy, and discuss the challenges of attrition, long-term follow-up, co-occurring/comorbid disorders, limited treatment comparisons, treatment mediators, and broader implement...

Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) has evolved over three waves of psychotherapeutic approaches since its beginnings in the 1950s. The first wave of scientifically based psychotherapy was behav­ ioural therapy, which focused directly on the modification of behaviour and emotion, based on conditioning principles. The second wave was cognitive therapy, as information processing and meaning­makin...

background emotion regulation is a major and important incentive for substance abuse; in fact, substance abusers associate their abuse with the substance’s soothing nature. emotion regulation can be defined as the process, which enables individuals to regulate experiences and express emotions. objectives the goal of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitmen...

Patients in a low-income community health center with Type 2 diabetes (N 81) taking a one-day education workshop as part of their diabetes medical management were randomly assigned either to education alone or to a combination of education and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Both groups were taught how to manage their diabetes, but those in the ACT condition also learned to apply accep...

In order to better understand how an integrated mindfulness and acceptance-based intervention works for whom it best, study objectives were examine (i) the trajectories of skills performance-related outcomes during intervention, athletes’ perceptions impact intervention; (ii) potential moderating effects personality characteristics on changes in targeted variables associated with intervention. ...