Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts: A Practice Guide from Theory to Treatment

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Mark R. Dixon Steven C. Hayes (PhD, co-developer of ACT; Foundation Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts

A Practice Guide from Theory to Treatment

Mark R. Dixon, Steven C. Hayes (PhD, co-developer of ACT; Foundation Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno), Jordan Belisle

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Routledge
16 March 2023

Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); Psychotherapy

Series: Behavior Science

This book provides a thorough discussion of acceptance and commitment therapy or training (ACT) and a guide for its use by behavior analysts. The book emphasizes how the intentional development of six core behavioral processes – values, committed action, acceptance, defusion, self-as-context, and present moment awareness – help establish the psychological flexibility needed to acquire and maintain adaptive behaviors that compete with maladaptive behavior patterns in verbally able clients.

Split into three parts, the book discusses the history and controversy surrounding the rise of acceptance and commitment strategies in behavior analysis and shows how the processes underlying ACT are linked to foundational behavioral scientific principles as amplified by stimulus equivalence and relational learning principles such as those addressed by relational frame theory. In a careful step-by-step way, it describes the best practices for administering the acceptance and commitment procedures at the level of the individual client, organizational systems, and with families. Attention is also given to the ethical and scope-of-practice considerations for behavior analysts, along with recommendations for conducting on-going research on this new frontier for behavior analytic treatment across a myriad of populations and behaviors. Written by leading experts in the field, the book argues that practice must proceed from the basic tenants of behavior analysis, and that now is the opportune moment to bring ACT methods to behavior analysts to maximize the scope and depth of behavioral treatments for all people.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts will be an essential read for students of behavior analysis and behavior therapy, as well as for individuals on graduate training programs that prepare behavior analysts and professionals that are likely to use ACT in their clinical practice and research.

By: Mark R. Dixon, Steven C. Hayes (PhD, co-developer of ACT; Foundation Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno), Jordan Belisle
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9781032168081
ISBN 10: 1032168080
Series: Behavior Science
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 16 March 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1: History and Theory Underlying ACT 1. Behavior Analysis and the Functional Approach to Intervention 2. A Brief History of the Science Underlying ACT 3. Psychological Flexibility and the ACT-Based Approach 4. Models of Psychological Flexibility Part 2: Approaching Act Processes Functionally and Analytically 5. Present Moment 6. Acceptance 7. Defusion 8. Values 9. Committed Action 10. Self-as-Context Part 3: Promoting Psychological Flexibility with Clients and in our Field 11. The ACT Assessment Process 12. The ACT Treatment Process 13. Research 14. Ethical Decision-Making

Mark R. Dixon is a clinical professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois Chicago, USA. Steven C. Hayes is Nevada Foundation Professor in the Behavior Analysis program at the Department of Psychology at University of Nevada, USA. Jordan Belisle is an associate professor in the Psychology Department at Missouri State University, USA.