‘Acceptance and Commitment Therapy,
Folational Frame Theory, and the Third Wave of
‘Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
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Behavioral Coupe They (BCT, Jacobson Chasers, 1990) and
Micfubes- Based Cogine herapy (MCT, Sega, Wins, Teale,
2002 song several oes eg. Borkoves Roemer, 198, MeCuloueh
2oo0, Nari 0: Manel Adi ace, 201; Roemer Ori,
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“rele og pa yey nyo2002) No one fester unites these new metho, buts fave ventured no
‘rest radially reseed fr to lssempatcl wings of lel nerve.
‘on and analy, emphasizing seh ies a aecoptanes, idles, cop
‘ve dtuion, dies, ales, petal, and Felalonhi, Thee heh
‘are often more experanil han dacs to undeyingpueeopies
sre more contests thn mec.
“Accptstew a Comstent Therapy (ACT, sida one wor, not ase
‘es; Hayes, Seah e Wilson, 199) anthro his wroup. ACT i bad
to catagrie. Tne Sadia distinctions (eg, behavioral Yrs Ges
Usa erat cog) soar tobe more confusing ha clang THe
recall speshing, ACT 5 gous behavior, bat ets sed on 3 com
[stent cnpncal nays of hamn cognition (elaenal Frame Theor
Ur RET Hayes Barer Holmes, Rech, 2001) Based ia clic beter
Salyi, ACT nevetbelss seriously adess sues of spilt, values.
tnd self enone er such spin, Sih eaogren ambiguity i shared wil
the iajnty of theae new methods For example, le ACT ss supposed
“pei” and MBCT is suppsedly "ogntive he vo seem ch more
lol ale th eter re sa, Becks cognatve hevapy he on had
trea dsestzaton onthe oe,
‘When sett of noms evens co-oecur that ae difiet wo categorize
using wellesublsed distinsions, sometimes the el els reorganizing
Behave therapy ha edly ved ough pesiods of reorganization na
‘Splnary Ite tat aw enters its ith dade Nb maybe suc ese
The purpose of this atic to explain ACT and to show how teas othe
inllecon ond practi evolution that coms to be unr way Wan eb
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‘The Waves of Behavior Therapy
Behavior therapy canbe roughly categorized nt thre wats or gener:
ine (nc war one spect esd, we il ne he ere oie
lortherpy oferta teen rane of bevionl and copie heap,
{om cla bhava rly toc therapy) What ean by 2 "wave
‘Sarat or formulation of dint ssumpion, methods ad gal, sme
‘pict, hit help ganze eseareh thery, and pectic
The Ft Wave
“The fst wane of havior therapy was in part ebelion sein prevaling
lineal eoncepions, Easy behav thespns beleved tha theories sho
be bul upon the Setock of sientialywellextsised base eile,
tn tha plied technologies shouldbe wellspeted and igo ested
In'ontast esting eles tations bad vey oor lnk osetia
tstblabed base enipes, vague speciation of nervetions an weab
Scintie evidenem msppor ofthe mpct fee strveatons. an nc
‘Wis (1978 showed ie dul meteoric and empirical ence wherACHR AND HE MWD WAVEOF REUAMOR THERAPY 6S
they defined behvior therapy in tars of “peratonly defined ering the
ty and canoe to wel-esablbed experimental paradigms”. 7
The objections fo esting ei valitons were shred by Bath ofthe
rmsjor sem within behavior therapy atte tine, oobi and
tae analysis and for that eas Wht united early baie traps
tremode frame testa dileancs song thet, Both of es tad
hone were sony sintieslyse, a ts could unite part i
‘ou maton and empirical weakaes of competing clin paral
“Th cre ofthe abjecton to sna apd humana concos Was et
thecetcal and empirical, but the spctcagumens were sbbtante. For
ramp, Fre’ eve of Lt Hats (924/195) war skewered by etry
ehavor rapists, who ridiculed the amazing phe of peyeowalye
fancy te eae sty Sood Bandura. 1900 pp. 11-13; Wolpe & Rach
‘man, 1960), Fre ego that Lite Hans wa fing to leave hae a3
‘ean of siding Ocal elings and sulin estan anxiety The cor
‘ote remoning tht fed ths conclusion fclodd cals that t hase
{ving though gt silat ees leaving he an, Toad eats hs
prognnt woman, abd at "te fling Rese wasnt oly is dying Fate
but lo is mother chibi” (Feu, 1985, p 128). eave hers
(Gope & Rachnan, 1960) had afar sper explanation, Since Lil Hans
td seen hore ro eat fll ver ast the ces and Steams of ides
(Giang sve other bese elated fighting evens), it was mor lass
"hat he sided png outside Deca he Had earned eof ores. Sea
tor tera ped fan tte employ of pajehoualte thera by
Sowing expenmenully tat simple contingencies could realy pect
Tehvioe tht wold occasion bua pujelnalyteineretion (6,
Asllon, Haughton Hughes, 1965),
‘Behavior herp fosed deel on peolonate behavior and ereton,
‘asd on coining nd no Beare! principles The gal wouldaot be
sa th hypusie ncnciu fee desies Lite Ha ac
‘Shoal Paychoaalae rial this appreach eg Bookbinder 196.
‘Sehramt Sly 1966) onthe pounds dat syn substuton weal er
‘utp sper behaviors guns, ott enonsions dss weuld oe
Stel ecesry defense chars But hs clam tslf was an object of |
{etaor! enim (eg, Yates 1988) and, while seme posible om a
‘etal pointe view (Banda, 193, pp. 4845), aan empirical mater
proved tote mich eso = problem than psychoanalyst suposed Nur=
‘orger& Hinge 1973).
‘Wi a diet change te focus came also a certain namoing of vision,
omever The ete analytic and umamitieconepa were cca et,
They penealy wee designed to address fgimental human ese ck
vat poopie want ot of Heo why is ado be human. Unaunat.5
‘agus conepis were rece thelr eying prpons lo Deas re
‘ively ntastionable