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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts : a Practice Guide from Theory to Treatment by MARK R.. HAYES DIXON (STEVEN C.. BELISLE, JORDAN.); Steven C Hayes, PhD; Jordan Belisle is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. 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 recommendati

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Author

MARK R.. HAYES DIXON (STEVEN C.. BELISLE, JORDAN.); Steven C Hayes, PhD; Jordan Belisle

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781032168098

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social_sciences