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...

this workshop is an evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) training for mental health professionals and counselling graduate students in group therapy for anxiety disorders. the “transdiagnostic” approach is gaining widespread acceptance because it enables therapists to treat a variety of anxiety disorders using a common group protocol. training will focus specifically on delivering ...

most of the disasters such as earthquakes can impact on mental health and personal development of children. this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of trauma focused cognitive behavior therapy (tf-cbt) in reduce the anxiety among children survivors of earthquake in eastern azerbaijan, iran. the sample was composed of 30 children exposed to the earthquakes. one year after the earthquakes, al...

multiple sclerosis is a severe disorder of the central nervous system. this chronic and progressive disease involves unpredictable episodes of inflammatory attacks. it can cause functional limitations, disability and reduced quality of life. pain is a common and significant problem in lots of people with multiple sclerosis (ms). and it is inversely correlated with aspects of life quality in ind...

recent research from a number of clinical trials has shown that transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy is efficacious, having shown comparable effects on primary anxiety disorder diagnoses as traditional diagnosis-specific cbt, and highly economical for treatment providers. however, a majority of anxiety disorder patients present with two or more “comorbid” diagnoses at once. given that t...

In a clinical setting, music therapy has been shown to improve cognitive function and mental health in some patients who are suffering from psychiatric symptoms. It is one of the non-pharmacological approaches treating range disorders. With long history use, by interacting with variety different brain functional networks domains. I will discuss various mechanisms therapy, advantages therapy's i...