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 maintain adaptive behaviors that compete with maladaptive behavior patterns in verbally able clients. Split into three parts, the book discusses the history and controversy surrounding the rise of acceptance and commitment strategies in behavior analysis and shows how the processes underlying ACT are linked to foundational behavioral scientific principles as amplified by stimulus equivalence and relational learning principles such as those addressed by relational frame theory. In a careful step-by-step way, it describes the best practices for administering the acceptance and commitment procedures at the level of the individual client, organizational systems, and with families. Attention is also given to the ethical and scope-of-practice considerations for behavior analysts, along with recommendations for conducting on-going research on this new frontier for behavior analytic treatment across a myriad of populations and behaviors. Written by leading experts in the field, the book argues that practice must proceed from the basic tenants of behavior analysis, and that now is the opportune moment to bring ACT methods to behavior analysts to maximize the scope and depth of behavioral treatments for all people. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts will be an essential read for students of behavior analysis and behavior therapy, as well as for individuals on graduate training programs that prepare behavior analysts and professionals that are likely to use ACT in their clinical practice and research.
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This book provides a thorough discussion of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or Training (ACT) and a guide for its use by behavior analysts, looking at the development of 6 core behavioral processes -- values, committed action, acceptance, defusion, self-as-context, and present moment awareness.
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Part 1: History and Theory Underlying ACT1. Behavior Analysis and the Functional Approach to Intervention2. A Brief History of the Science Underlying ACT3. Psychological Flexibility and the ACT-Based Approach 4. Models of Psychological FlexibilityPart 2: Approaching Act Processes Functionally and Analytically5. Present Moment6. Acceptance 7. Defusion8. Values9. Committed Action10. Self-as-ContextPart 3: Promoting Psychological Flexibility with Clients and in our Field11. The ACT Assessment Process12. The ACT Treatment Process13. Research14. Ethical Decision-Making
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781032168098
Publisert
2023-03-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
725 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
300
Biographical note
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.