Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is “Murakami Haruki”

Haruki Murakami and the Ethics of Translation

In his paper, "Haruki Murakami and the Ethics of Translation," Will Slocombe argues that despite the fact that Murakami has gained world-wide popularity recently, there has been little critical attention to his works outside of the comparatively narrow area of Japanese studies. Slocombe proposes that Murakami is too important an author to be limited in this way because of his definition of "tra...

W7: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a new development within behavioral therapy. Its goal is to promote psychological flexibility. Numerous studies show that suffering results when people attempt to avoid their inner experiences (experiential avoidance). This experiential avoidance often leads to rigid and inflexible behavior that also leads them to compromise their goals and what is imp...

Running Head: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Emotion regulation in acceptance and commitment therapy.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers an alternative to traditional psychotherapies designed to regulate affect. ACT is based on the premise that normal cognitive processes distort and enhance the experience of unpleasant emotion, leading clients to engage in problematic behaviors designed to avoid or attenuate those unpleasant emotions. Such avoidant behavior patterns can hinder and p...

w7: acceptance and commitment therapy (act)

acceptance and commitment therapy (act) is a new development within behavioral therapy. its goal is to promote psychological flexibility. numerous studies show that suffering results when people attempt to avoid their inner experiences (experiential avoidance). this experiential avoidance often leads to rigid and inflexible behavior that also leads them to compromise their goals and what is imp...