Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT, typically pronounced as the word \"act\") is a form of clinical behavior analysis (CBA) used in psychotherapy. It is an empirically-based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies mixed in different ways with commitment and behavior-change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. The approach was originally called comprehensive distancing. It was developed in the late 1980s by Steven C. Hayes, Kelly G. Wilson, and Kirk Strosahl.The objective is not elimination of difficult feelings; rather, it is to be present with what life brings us and to \"move toward valued behavior\". Noam Shpancer describes acceptance and commitment therapy as getting to know unpleasant feelings, then learning not to act upon them, and not avoiding situations where they are invoked. Its therapeutic effect is, according to Shpancer, a positive spiral where feeling better leads to a better understanding of the truth."@en }
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- Acceptance_and_commitment_therapy abstract "Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT, typically pronounced as the word \"act\") is a form of clinical behavior analysis (CBA) used in psychotherapy. It is an empirically-based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies mixed in different ways with commitment and behavior-change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. The approach was originally called comprehensive distancing. It was developed in the late 1980s by Steven C. Hayes, Kelly G. Wilson, and Kirk Strosahl.The objective is not elimination of difficult feelings; rather, it is to be present with what life brings us and to \"move toward valued behavior\". Noam Shpancer describes acceptance and commitment therapy as getting to know unpleasant feelings, then learning not to act upon them, and not avoiding situations where they are invoked. Its therapeutic effect is, according to Shpancer, a positive spiral where feeling better leads to a better understanding of the truth.".