ACT in Context: An Exploration of Experiential Acceptance

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-456

  Block Lerner, Jennifer ^a   Wulfert, Edelgard ^b   Moses, Erica ^b  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMANISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; THEORY VALIDATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 70350331207     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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