Book chapter
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Treatments for Psychological Problems and Syndromes, pp 413-432
16 Mar 2017
Abstract
This chapter examines the degree of empirical support available for the theoretical model, treatment components, and clinical applications of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). It highlights the clinical implications of existing knowledge and theoretical model of ACT as well as key questions to be tested in future research. Psychological inflexibility is the core pathological process targeted by ACT. ACT is designed to be a transdiagnostic treatment targeting a common core pathological process and mechanism of change. Thus, quite naturally, ACT has been applied broadly across clinical populations. Behavior therapies share common components with ACT but may offer advantages because they are more efficiently targeted at the behavioral strategies to promote clinical change. Preliminary moderation research has highlighted some clues regarding for whom ACT or traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be more effective in the area of anxiety disorders.
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Details
- Title
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Creators
- Michael E LevinJames D HerbertEvan M Forman
- Contributors
- Dean McKay (Editor)Jonathan S Abramowitz (Editor)Eric A Storch (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Treatments for Psychological Problems and Syndromes, pp 413-432
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; Chichester, UK
- Number of pages
- 20
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]; WELL Center
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105007055123
- Other Identifier
- 991019201491104721