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Long-Term Effects of Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis
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Bach, Patricia; Hayes, Steven C.; Gallop, Robert – Behavior Modification, 2012
A previous report explored the impact of a brief (four session) acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) intervention as compared with treatment as usual (TAU) on rehospitalization over 4 months in a sample of 80 inpatients with psychosis. The present study extended the follow-up period to 1 year and used a more sophisticated survival analysis to…
Descriptors: College Students, Psychosis, Patients, Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Unified Model of Behavior Change
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Hayes, Steven C.; Pistorello, Jacqueline; Levin, Michael E. – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
The present article summarizes the assumptions, model, techniques, evidence, and diversity/social justice commitments of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT focused on six processes (acceptance, defusion, self, now, values, and action) that bear on a single overall target (psychological flexibility). The ACT model of behavior change has…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Foreign Countries
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Self-Stigma around Sexual Orientation: A Multiple Baseline Evaluation
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Yadavaia, James E.; Hayes, Steven C. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
This study evaluated the effectiveness of 6 to 10 sessions of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for self-stigma around sexual orientation linked to same-sex attraction (what has generally been referred to as internalized homophobia; IH) in a concurrent multiple-baseline across-participants design. Three men and 2 women showed sizeable…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Therapy, Homosexuality
Slow and Steady Wins the Race: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Targeting Shame in Substance Use Disorders
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Luoma, Jason B.; Kohlenberg, Barbara S.; Hayes, Steven C.; Fletcher, Lindsay – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Shame has long been seen as relevant to substance use disorders, but interventions have not been tested in randomized trials. This study examined a group-based intervention for shame based on the principles of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in patients (N = 133; 61% female; M = 34 years old; 86% Caucasian) in a 28-day…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Intervention, Patients, Therapy
Processes of Change in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A Mediation Reanalysis of Zettle and Rains
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Zettle, Robert D.; Rains, Jeanetta C.; Hayes, Steven C. – Behavior Modification, 2011
Several articles have recently questioned the distinction between acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and traditional cognitive therapy (CT). This study presents a reanalysis of data from Zettle and Rains that compared 12 weeks of group CT with group ACT. For theoretical reasons, Zettle and Rains also included a modified form of CT that did…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Therapy, Depression (Psychology), Counseling Techniques
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and the Third Wave of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
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Hayes, Steven C. – Behavior Therapy, 2004
The first wave of behavior therapy countered the excesses and scientific weakness of existing nonempirical clinical traditions through empirically studied first-order change efforts linked to behavioral principles targeting directly relevant clinical targets. The second wave was characterized by similar direct change efforts guided by social…
Descriptors: Socialization, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring
The Impact of CBT and ACT Models Using Psychology Trainee Therapists: A Preliminary Controlled Effectiveness Trial
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Lappalainen, Raimo; Lehtonen, Tuula; Skarp, Eerika; Taubert, Eija; Ojanen, Markku; Hayes, Steven C. – Behavior Modification, 2007
The present study compares the impact of individualized treatment provided by trainee therapists based on a traditional cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) model. Fourteen therapists were given initial training in CBT and ACT. Outpatients (N = 28) were randomized to either approach, with each therapist…
Descriptors: Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring