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Language

ACT, RFT, Language
October 22, 2014

In acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), it is acknowledged that overidentification with literal language leads to psychological inflexibility, which is at the core of human suffering. To address some of the tricks that language often plays on people, therapists need to use language in an experiential way, and this is the path chosen by ACT and other third-wave therapies.

ACT, Defusion, Language, RFT
October 08, 2014

For the last couple of weeks we’ve been talking about some of the ways language can play tricks on us and cause suffering, as well as how, alternately, it can be used to our benefit in therapeutic settings. And last week, we discussed mindfulness as one technique that allows the therapist to use language in an experiential way.

ACT, mindfulness, Language, Cognition, avoidance
September 24, 2014

It is widely accepted that language plays tricks on people, both those who suffer from psychological difficulties and people in general. Therapists are called to reconnect clients to those elements of these experiences which may hold value and use in the therapeutic process. In their chapter in The Big Book of ACT Metaphors, Matthieu Villatte, Jennifer L.

Language, Cognition, ACT, FAP, RFT, mindfulness
September 17, 2014

Whether you are a novice or advanced practitioner in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), you know that metaphors and exercises play a crucial role in its successful delivery. These powerful tools go far in helping clients connect with their values, and give them the motivation needed to make a real, conscious commitment to change.

The ABCs of Human Behavior
Language, Cognition
January 24, 2014

The ABCs of Human Behavior offers practicing clinicians a pithy and practical introduction to the basics of modern behavioral psychology.

RFT, ACT, human resources, mindfulness, Acceptance, Language, Cognition
September 04, 2013

Over the last several weeks we’ve been blogging about relational frame theory (RFT), an approach to understanding the link between human language and behavior. In our RFT 101 series, we've gone over the history, background, and theoretical foundations.

RFT, ACT, Language, Cognition
August 26, 2013

A couple of weeks ago we posted an introduction of arbitrarily applicable relational responding (AARR) within the context of relational frame theory from the chapter by Ian Stewart, PhD, and Bryan Roche, PhD, in Advances in RFT: Research and Application. Patterns of arbitrarily applicable relational responding are referred to as relational frames.

RFT, ACT, Language, Cognition, Relational Frame Theory, acceptance and commitment therapy
July 17, 2013

Relational frame theory is a modern behavior analytic approach to language which aims to better understand the link between human language and behavior. To date, the most comprehensive published collection of RFT research is Advances in Relational Frame Theory: Research and Application, edited by Simon Dymond, PhD, and Bryan Roche, PhD.

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