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In Conversation… Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

2018
In conversation with Dr Duncan Gillard, Senior Educational Psychologist and an experienced ACT practitioner, trainer and author. Duncan is the co-author of the popular self-help book Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Dummies.
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Acceptance and Commitment Group Therapy (ACT-G) for health anxiety.

Danish medical journal, 2016
Health anxiety is prevalent (5-9%) in all healthcare settings and in the general population, may have an early onset, and a poor prognosis is seen in severe cases if untreated. Research shows that health anxiety is rarely diagnosed though it causes great suffering for the individual and constitutes a substantial socio-economic burden.
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A new approach in psychotherapy: ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy)

The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2011
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on enhancing psychological flexibility in the service of achieving core life values. One thing that distinguishes ACT from other psychotherapies is its grounding in empirical behavioural science. The results of the latter suggest that the capacity for human language can produce seriously negative ...
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A Third Wave Behaviour Therapy

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2008
AbstractThis paper introduces Acceptance and commitment Therapy (ACT) as one of the newer contextualist behaviour therapies. A brief history of the development of ACT is outlined. The concepts of equivalence and laterality and the important relationship between Relational Frame Theory and ACT are then described.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for smoking cessation: a synthesis

Current Opinion in Psychology, 2015
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has shown initial promise as a feasible and acceptable treatment for smoking cessation. Research on the role of experiential avoidance (EA) for smoking cessation provides basic support for ACT as a treatment for smoking.
Elizabeth A McCallion, Michael J Zvolensky   +1 more
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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)

2023
Peter Olusoga, Shameema Yousuf
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ACT revisited. Hoe evidencebased is de Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

Psychopraxis, 2009
De Acceptance en Commitment Therapy (ACT) is populair. Er verschijnen veel boeken in het Nederlands voor behandelaren en clienten al dan niet vertaald uit het Engels. Op cognitief- gedragstherapeutische congressen worden veel symposia en workshops over ACT gepresenteerd en ook dit themanummer is een bewijs hoe aansprekend ACT is onder professionals ...
Sako Visser, Paul Emmelkamp
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (“ACT”) for Problem Gambling

2017
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a third wave approach to treating psychopathology. Recent studies have found support for ACT in treating mood, substance use, and impulsive disorders that appear commonly comorbid with PG. The six core processes of ACT that seek to promote psychological flexibility have been examined in an exploratory way for ...
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FAP and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT): Similarities, Divergence, and Integration

2010
When our clients seek psychotherapy, it is usually because they are suffering and want to feel better. They often wish for more in life … more love or more satisfying love, better relationships, a sense of meaning and values, and deeper understandings and connections to what is held dear.
Barbara S. Kohlenberg, Glenn M. Callaghan   +1 more
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EFFECTIVENESS: ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT) IN ACCEPTING AND MANAGING AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

Introduction: Aggressive behavior is a change in perception towards stimuli, both internal and external, accompanied by responses that are diminished, excessive, or distorted, either verbally or non-verbally. Aggressive behavior is exhibited by someone with a mental disorder with the intention of attacking either physically or mentally.
Hendrawati, Amira, Iceu, Sriati, Aat
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