Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that uses mindfulness techniques to help a person recognize their own psychological responses and remain open to their experiences, paired with commitment to the person's own core values in order to build a meaningful life. Within psychology it is grouped among the third-wave behavioral therapies that followed classical behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Central QuestionHow can mindfulness of one's psychological responses, acceptance of one's experiences and commitment to one's core values help a person create a meaningful life despite suffering created by human language and cognition? 1 Founded Year Connections
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Relational frame theory, developed principally by Steven Hayes, is explicitly the basic behavioral account of language and cognition underlying acceptance and commitment therapy, which Hayes also developed.
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uses mindfulness to recognize one's psychological responses and be open to one's experiences and accept them, and commitment to one's core values to create a meaningful life.
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Steven C. Hayes developed ACT around 1982, elaborating on the cognitive therapy technique of cognitive distancing
In Branch: Behavioral Psychology, Article text
ACT has been called a "commonly used treatment with empirical support" within the APA-recognized specialty of behavioral and cognitive psychology.
In Branch: Cognitive Psychology, Article text
ACT has been called a "commonly used treatment with empirical support" within the APA-recognized specialty of behavioral and cognitive psychology.
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