ACT in Action: Control and Acceptance

Control and Acceptance

Author: Steven C. Hayes Series: Professional Professional

How is living with your thoughts something of a rigged game? Find out in Control and Acceptance, the second episode in the ACT in Action series. Learn how to structure ACT work. Help your clients see the real costs of their attempts to avoid and control painful experience. Start encouraging clients to be with themselves and to start figuring out what needs to change in their lives.

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sessions from the points of view of both the therapist and the client.

About the Author

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor and director of clinical training in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of forty-one books and nearly 600 scientific articles, his career has focused on analysis of the nature of human language and cognition, and its application to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering and promotion of human prosperity. Among other associations, Hayes has been president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. His work has received several awards, including the Impact of Science on Application Award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.