The present article describes the nature, scope, and purpose of Contextual Behavioral
Science (CBS). Emerging from behavioral psychology but expanding from those roots, CBS …

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT; pronounced “act,” not ACT) is a “thirdwave”
behavioral therapy that has attracted a great deal of empirical attention in its use with adults …

The present article presents and reviews the model of psychopathology and treatment
underlying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT is unusual in that it is linked to …

The first wave of behavior therapy countered the excesses and scientific weakness of
existing nonempirical clinical traditions through empirically studied first-order change efforts …

Relational frame theory, or RFT, is the little-understood behavioral theory behind a recent
development in modern psychology: the shift from the cognitive paradigm underpinning …

This compelling book provides psychotherapists with evidence-based strategies for
harnessing the power of language to free clients from life-constricting patterns and promote …

The current article outlines a behavior-analytic approach to the study of so-called implicit
attitudes and cognition. The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP), the …

Telling people that they do not know what they believe can be a risky business. Imagine, for
example, asking an avid Chelsea football supporter which team they prefer, Chelsea or …

This chapter introduces the origins of, as well as arguments and evidence for, relational
frame theory (RFT). It presents the study of arbitrarily applicable relational responding …

The present article presents and reviews the model of psychopathology and treatment
underlying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT is unusual in that it is linked to …