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ERIC Number: EJ988921
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Oct
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0011-0000
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Unified Model of Behavior Change
Hayes, Steven C.; Pistorello, Jacqueline; Levin, Michael E.
Counseling Psychologist, v40 n7 p976-1002 Oct 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 been shown to have positive outcomes across a broad range of applied problems and areas of growth. Process and outcome evidence suggest that the psychological flexibility model underlying ACT provides a unified model of behavior change and personal development that fits well with the core assumptions of counseling psychology. (Contains 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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