description Steven Hayes Overview
Steven C. Hayes is an American clinical psychologist associated with contextual behavioral science. He developed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, commonly abbreviated ACT, which uses acceptance, mindfulness, values clarification, and committed action to promote psychological flexibility. He also contributed to Relational Frame Theory, a behavioral account of human language and cognition that informs ACT.
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Steven Hayes ranks #64 of 228 in the Psychologist ranking, behind Donald Winnicott, ahead of Robert Cialdini.
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What is Steven C. Hayes's connection to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?
Steven C. Hayes helped develop Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, usually called ACT, with Kelly Wilson and Kirk Strosahl. ACT encourages psychological flexibility through processes such as acceptance, mindfulness, values clarification, and committed action.
Does ACT try to eliminate painful thoughts and feelings?
ACT does not make symptom elimination its primary goal. Instead, it teaches people to change how they relate to difficult inner experiences while taking actions guided by personally chosen values.
What is relational frame theory in Steven Hayes's work?
Relational frame theory, or RFT, is a behavioral account of human language and cognition associated with Hayes and other contextual behavioral scientists. It examines how people learn relationships among events and how those learned relationships can influence behavior.
Which Steven Hayes book is a practical introduction to ACT?
A Liberated Mind presents Hayes's psychological-flexibility model for a general readership. His earlier book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, co-written with Spencer Smith, uses exercises to introduce ACT methods.
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