1st Edition

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts A Practice Guide from Theory to Treatment

306 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a thorough discussion of acceptance and commitment therapy or training (ACT) and a guide for its use by behavior analysts. The book emphasizes how the intentional development of six core behavioral processes – values, committed action, acceptance, defusion, self-as-context, and present moment awareness – help establish the psychological flexibility needed to acquire and... Read more

Part 1: History and Theory Underlying ACT

1. Behavior Analysis and the Functional Approach to Intervention

2. A Brief History of the Science Underlying ACT

3. Psychological Flexibility and the ACT-Based Approach

4. Models of Psychological Flexibility

Part 2: Approaching Act Processes Functionally and Analytically

5. Present Moment

6. Acceptance

7. Defusion

8. Values

9. Committed Action

10. Self-as-Context

Part 3: Promoting Psychological Flexibility with Clients and in our Field

11. The ACT Assessment Process

12. The ACT Treatment Process

13. Research

14. Ethical Decision-Making

Biography

Mark R. Dixon is a clinical professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois Chicago, USA.

Steven C. Hayes is Nevada Foundation Professor in the Behavior Analysis program at the Department of Psychology at University of Nevada, USA.

Jordan Belisle is an associate professor in the Psychology Department at Missouri State University, USA.