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Rule Governance and the use of Values to Facilitate Exposure for OCD
by John Wesenberg, M.S., BCBA, LBA Rule Governance and use of Values to Facilitate Exposure for OCD Behavior is dynamic and influenced by many contingencies simultaneously. Relational Frame Theory (Hayes et al., 2001) is an extension of behavior analytic principles to...
Function of Instructions in a Therapeutic context
Now, let’s specifically look at how Indirect, implicit instructions and metaphorical feedback are important to effective clinical care.
Metaphors and indirect instructions allow an individual to derive flexible instructions from mapping of contingencies onto previous experiences. This prevents client’s from over-following non-functional rules rather than responding appropriately to their context and contingencies as they occur.
An ACT Approach to Adolescent Suicide
by Amy R. Murrell, Ph.D. The paper summarized here, was written by myself and former students (Al-Jabari, Moyer, Novamo, and Connally), and published in the International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy in 2014 examines the problem of...
Exposure to Privilege
The Function of Privilege within Our Science and Beyond Angela Coreil, PhD If you’re familiar with my writing or social media, you are probably familiar with my tendency to advocate for the underrepresented and disempowered in our society. Recently, I’ve found myself...
RFT: Let me show you something beautiful.
AUGUST 11, 2016, original post to angela.cathey.com Stop over thinking RFT and feel it. I would say that sometimes it takes a different perspective to look at the tools we are given and see them quite differently. We, the second and third generation ACTers, FAPers,...
RFT: The Guerilla guide to pro-social change
Original post to angelacathey.com, July 2016 Welcome to Frame Club. A Guerilla guide to pro-social change with RFT. The world is full of simple repetitive messaging. Everything is a bumper sticker. “Party A is evil, party B is good”...
You and I: Understanding and measuring high impact Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)
Original Post to AngelaCathey.com on July 24th, 2016 by Angela Cathey There are many ways to understand every therapy. Here I’ll offer a granular analysis of what seems to occur in the high impact FAP. What I present here is not an opposition to the current model of...
Human Attachment: The ‘Why’ of Connection
Attachment and Cooperation by Broderick Sawyer, PhD When we want to improve upon our ability to reach any mutual goal that involves more than one person- businesses, sports teams, government, and even 1 on 1 personal relationships- attachment theory can be...
Measurement: Why we get no R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Original post by Angela Coreil (JULY 2, 2016)"MEASUREMENT: WHY WE GET NO R.E.S.P.E.C.T." Psychologists, therapists, and researchers in mental health: How many times have you been at a party and told someone you're a psychologist only to hear, "So, you can read my...
RFT: The Space-time of the Human Universe, Part I
Original post to angelacathey.com (June, 2016) I’m going to start this post off by telling you a little secret. I get a little obsessive with ideas. Give me something interesting to think about and I’m a kid with a Rubik’s cube all over again. When I immersed myself...
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