by Steve Hayes | Feb 20, 2023 | Commitment, Health, Human Suffering, psychological flexibility
Everyone is familiar with the struggle to retain skills once learned. It’s a process that is ever present in psychotherapy so unpacking how it works there can provide useful lessons for us all. Although clients may seem motivated in-session, the motivation often...
by Steve Hayes | Jan 23, 2023 | Commitment, psychological flexibility
You are likely familiar with the fable of the tortoise and the hare. Although much faster than the tortoise, the hare loses the race, because – overly confident – it decided to nap, while the tortoise crawled persistently – inch by inch – all the way to the finish...
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...