EP21 Clinical Demonstration 03 - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Steven Hayes, PhD
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Length: 1 hour
In this demonstration I will show how therapists can apply the psychological flexibility model to go anywhere within the model at any time with anyone and still do good work.
Learning Objectives
Describe the six elements of the psychological flexibility model
Describe at least one generally useful way to open the door to each of the six psychological flexibility processes
Describe how the six flexibility processes inform the therapeutic relationship
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, is a Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of 44 books and nearly 600 scientific articles, he is known for his work on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a widely used and researched method of psychological and behavioral intervention, and Relational Frame Theory, a comprehensive empirical research program on human language and cognition. Dr. Hayes has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, and is among the most cited psychologists in the word.