The Thriving Adolescent: Guest Post by Louise Hayes
Editor’s note: The following guest blog is contributed by Louise Hayes, PhD, co-author of the best selling book, Get Out of…
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ACT, Yoga and The Therapeutic Role of Embodied Mindfulness: An Interview with Tim Gordon
Tim Gordon, MSW, RSW, is a clinical social worker and the developer of Mindful Yoga-Based ACT (MYACT), an approach to
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Infusing Mindfulness-Based Treatments with Defusion Techniques
It’s not exactly news that mindfulness-based therapies are effective. A recent meta-analysis comprising 209 empirical outcome studies indicated that mindfulness-based
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Using Values to Avoid the Trap of Meaninglessness
If you have used defusion in your therapy sessions, or any other technique aimed at helping clients create distance between themselves
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Comparing ACT and CBT: Defusion vs. Restructuring
When using any technique that involves helping clients to untangle themselves from the stories they tell about their lives and
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Defuse, but don’t invalidate!
When using any technique that involves helping clients to untangle themselves from the stories they tell about their lives and
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Understanding the Shortcomings of Words
What is “defusion”? And why is it so important? According to John Blackledge, PhD, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) researcher
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Is Self-Compassion More Important than Self-Esteem?
Editor’s note: This post is written by Steven C. Hayes, PhD, co-founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and author of many
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Final Notes on The Use of Metaphor in Psychotherapy
In acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), it is understood that over-identification with literal language can lead to psychological inflexibility, which
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