Steven C. Hayes
Clinical psychologist and Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno; developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and a leading advocate of process-based therapy.
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Their wordspsychological flexibility is not a personality trait handed down by the gods. It is a learnable set of skills.
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Their wordsA student cannot “flex” their way into belonging in a hostile or indifferent environment, and we should never use important psychological skills to blame people for exclusion.
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Their wordsBelonging is something you practice.
- 8 weeks earlier
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Their wordsACT is not a technique – it’s the application of a model called psychological flexibility.
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Their wordsValues matter most, in my view, when they stop being nouns and become verbs.
- 6 months earlier
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Their wordsThe diagnosis does not really tell you what to do.
↗What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn't)stevenchayes.com
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Their wordsThat’s why protocol differences and therapy brands often matter less than we think.
↗What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn't)stevenchayes.com
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Their wordsLife is asking you to learn to be more open, aware, and actively engaged in a meaningful life, while extending these to your relationships and your body.
↗What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn't)stevenchayes.com
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All therapies that work do so by promoting the same few skills: openness, awareness and engagement.
Their wordsAll therapies that work promote these skills – that’s why they work.
↗What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn't)stevenchayes.com
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Their wordsTherapy isn’t about following a manual, but about cultivating change.
↗What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn't)stevenchayes.com
- 7 months earlier
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Too few types of change process are too few for the dance of life; a change model needs many.
Their wordsBad idea. Just one or two types of moves are too few to be good in the dance of life.
↗Five Bad Ideas About Learning How to Changestevenchayes.com