Steven C. Hayes & Dennis Tirch: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

This is an interview with Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada. He is an author of 34 books and 475 scientific articles, and has received a number of awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. His self-help book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for a time was the best selling self-help book in the country. The discussion is lead by Dennis Tirch, Ph.D., is the Founder and Director of The Center for Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy. He is a New York State licensed psychologist, Diplomat and Fellow of The Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and the Associate Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy (AICT) in Manhattan. Steve and Dennis discuss the current cutting edge changes that are taking place in the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) community, and implications for practicing therapists. We intend this to be the first in a series of short videos to people with an avid interest in ACT. Over the next year, Steve will be giving several workshops around the country, where people who'd like to spend a couple of days with him will be able to practice these and many other fascinating ideas and interventions that are changing the face of modern therapy.

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Science & Technology

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• Steven C. Hayes
• Dennis Tirch
• ACT
• Relational Frame Theory
• RFT
• Clinical Psychology
• Psychology
• Mindfulness
• Meditation
• Values
• Self-as-Context
• Contextual Psychology
• CBT
• Compassion

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Thanks. . . I enjoyed this conversation. . .I found it to be both thought provoking and grounding. . .especially Steve sharing the connection between anxiety prior to giving a presentation and his 8 year-old self. . .Again, Thanks!