Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Steven C. Hayes and others have developed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), originally called "comprehensive distancing", which uses strategies of mindfulness, acceptance, and behavior change.
Read more about this topic: Mindfulness (psychology), Specific Mindfulness-based Therapy Programs
Famous quotes containing the words acceptance, commitment and/or therapy:
“The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)
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