by Steve Hayes | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
When ACT first appeared on the scene in a big way, mainstream CBT was not exactly thrilled. In 2004 I’d declared the arrival of the “third wave,” in 2005 Get Out of You Mind and Into Your Life appears, and in 2006 a five-page story in Time Magazine about that book of...
by Steve Hayes | Dec 16, 2016 | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, Blog, Clinicians
The following is an interview between Steve Hayes and Jonathan Bricker on the occasion of Jonathan’s TEDx talk passing the 1 million view mark STEVE: A million views. That’s by far the most exposure of any video presenting Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). How...
by Steve Hayes | Feb 20, 2012 | Blog, Cognitive Defusion, Evolutionary Psychology, Happiness
Not too long ago, perhaps a couple hundred thousand years, an obscure primate species called “human” learned a new trick. We learned to relate one thing to another arbitrarily — we learned to have one thing stand for another. We acquired symbolic...
by Steve Hayes | Mar 13, 2011 | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, Blog, Clinical Researchers, Clinicians, Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
Only a small percentage of psychotherapy services in the United States are tightly linked to existing scientific knowledge. It is a bit strange if you think of it. Would anyone want surgery that was not based on a current scientific understanding of the body? Why...
by Steve Hayes | Feb 21, 2010 | Blog
Thoughts cause our actions, or do they? We need to stop treating out own minds with the automaticity of tying our shoes or any idiot with a microphone has access to buttons to control us. In between agreeing with thoughts and disagreeing with thoughts, there is a...
by Steve Hayes | Feb 3, 2010 | Blog
Are We Too Smart for Our Own Good? Intellectually, we are a bit smarter. Emotionally we seem dumber. What if both are for the same reason? Are We Too Smart for Our Own Good? Smart = being right. Miserable = being right. The modern dilemma. Published on February 3,...