by Steve Hayes | Oct 10, 2022 | Evidence-Based Psychotherapy, psychological flexibility
How can you become more mentally resilient? I think it’s possible to give an answer that covers almost everything science can currently tell us about what to do. And you can easily remember it because you already learned it on the playground, in sports and recreation,...
by Steve Hayes | Sep 6, 2022 | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Clinical Researchers, Clinicians, Evidence-Based Psychotherapy, Mental Disorders, psychological flexibility, Relationships
When you think about visiting a therapist for the first time, you might feel quite uncomfortable. After all, why should you tell a virtual stranger the most intimate details of your life – things you haven’t even told your spouse, or your closest friends? What, are...
by Steve Hayes | Aug 12, 2022 | Anxiety, Depression, Health, Mental Disorders, Mindfulness, Pain, psychological flexibility
Why does psychotherapy work? Until relatively recently, many scientists studying methods of improving mental and behavioral health have delayed answering that question. Instead, they argued, it’s better first to ask if a method works, and when we know that it does,...
by Steve Hayes | Aug 4, 2021 | Human Beings, psychological flexibility
Simone Biles is an exceptional athlete of unreal proportions. Now with 32 Olympic and World championship medals under her belt, she is widely considered to be one of the greatest gymnasts of all time. I think her performance at the Tokyo Olympics may leave a lasting...
by Steve Hayes | Dec 8, 2020 | ACT, psychological flexibility, Relationships
There are few things in life more important to your overall happiness than the quality of your relationships. And among all the relationships you build and foster throughout your lifetime, few stand out as the one with your significant other. Your partner gets to...
by Steve Hayes | Feb 1, 2016 | Acceptance, ACT, Anxiety, Avoidance, Biographical Sketch, psychological flexibility
How love turns pain into purpose What can we do to prosper when facing pain and suffering in our lives? More than a thousand studies suggest that a major part of the answer is learning psychological flexibility. Steven C. Hayes is one of the researchers who first...