Posted by honeybee on May 30, 2006, at 17:11:14
In reply to ACT links update, posted by pseudoname on March 7, 2006, at 19:02:27
Hey, pseudoname,
Are you hooked up with an ACT therapist? My brother (a therapist) recommended Stephen Hayes's book and I've been busily doing some of the exercises. I'm curious to hear what your experience has been with it. At this point, I don't even know if I care if there's been improvement! As that's not the point, is it? But it's a befuddling and compelling paradox to more or less accept the pain, the heartache, and the dysfunction, and just see what happens, good or bad.
Thanks, bh
> In case anyone comes on this thread in the archive, here's some updated links about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
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> The new ACT web site is http://www.contextualpsychology.org/
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> A long article on ACT and creator Steve Hayes was in Time Magazine: "Happiness Isn't Normal" by John Cloud. TIME, Feb 13, 2006; 167(7), pgs 58-67: http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1156613,00.html
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> Hayes published a new (Oct 2005) self-help book on ACT called "Get Out of Your Mind and into Your Life".
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> There was a Salon interview with Hayes http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/02/25/happiness/index.html and a forum discussion about ACT with Hayes & friends http://letters.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/02/25/happiness/view/index1.html?show=all&order=asc
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