Acceptance And Change: Content and Context in Psychotherapy - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

This is the first volume to focus entirely on psychological acceptance methods from the point of view of modern empirical clinical psychology.

Section 1 - The Essence of Acceptance
Steven C. Hayes on the Types of Psychological Acceptance
Michael J. Dougher on the Act of Acceptance

Section 2 - Treatment Approaches
Leslie Greenberg on Experiential Therapy
Albert Ellis on RET
Marsha M. Linehan on Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Kelly Koerner, Neil S. Jacobson, and Andrew Christensen on Behavioral Couple Therapy
James Cordova and Robert Kohlenberg on Functional Analytic Therapy

Section 3 - Problems or Populations
Joseph LoPiccolo on Paraphilias
G. Alan Marlatt on Addiction
Victoria Follette on Sexual Abuse Survivors
Susan McCurry and Amy Schmidt on Elderly Caregivers
Karen Griffee on Families
Edelgard Wulfert on Alcoholics Anonymous and Social Learning Theory

Biografía del autor

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.