Understanding Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Context: A History of Similarities and Differences With Other Cognitive Behavior Therapies

Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Understanding and Applying the New Therapies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 233-263

  Wilson, Kelly G ^a   Bordieri, Michael J ^a   Flynn, Maureen K ^a   Lucas, Nadia N ^a   Slater, Regan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Defusion; Distancing; Metacognitive awareness; Metacognitive therapy; Mindfulness; Mindfulness based cognitive therapy; Self as context; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886232403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118001851.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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