Acceptance and commitment therapy is a form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that uses mindfulness to help a person recognize their psychological responses and remain open to their experiences and accept them, combined with commitment to their own core values to build a meaningful life.
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Origin YearSteven C. Hayes began developing the approach around 1982, first calling it comprehensive distancing. This fact records 1987, when its foundational concepts were formally introduced in his own article in Behavior Therapy, its first appearance in the academic literature. The name Acceptance and Commitment Therapy did not appear in print until the early 1990s, and the first dedicated book followed in 1999. Connections
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Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationAcceptance and commitment therapy - Origins and development section
The foundational concepts of ACT were formally introduced in Steven C. Hayes's 1987 article "A contextual approach to therapeutic change: Toward a functional analysis of human language," published in Behavior Therapy.
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Acceptance and commitment therapy is a form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that uses mindfulness to recognize one's psychological responses and be open to one's experiences and accept them, and commitment to one's core values to create a meaningful life.
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When was acceptance and commitment therapy first introduced?
Steven C. Hayes introduced its foundational concepts in a 1987 article.
The foundational concepts of acceptance and commitment therapy were formally introduced in Steven C. Hayes's 1987 article "A contextual approach to therapeutic change: Toward a functional analysis of human language". The approach is a form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that pairs mindfulness with commitment to personal core values.
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