Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Overview
This paper introduces Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as part of a series on distinctive features of cognitive and behavioral treatments. It describes ACT as a behavior therapy that focuses on accepting psychological distress rather than attempting to alter it, with the goal of helping individuals pursue their life goals.
- ID
6fd629a9020644f6- Source org
- OpenAlex
- Author
- Cynthia R. Pfeffer (City College of New York)
- Published
- 2012-11-15
- OA status
- bronze
- DOI
- 10.4088/jcp.12bk08135
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- Citations
- 33
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@article{allodium:6fd629a9020644f6,
title = {Acceptance and Commitment Therapy},
author = {Cynthia R. Pfeffer},
year = {2012},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.4088/jcp.12bk08135},
url = {https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.12bk08135}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy AU - Pfeffer, Cynthia R. PY - 2012 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.4088/jcp.12bk08135 UR - https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.12bk08135 ER -
APA
Pfeffer, C. R. (2012). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.12bk08135
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