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IJBCT Consolidated Volume 5, No. 3 & 4 311 Evaluating Acceptance and Commitment therapy : An Analysis of a Recent Critique Brandon A. Gaudiano, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Psychosocial Research Program, Butler Hospital Abstract Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) is a newer psychotherapy that has generated much clinical and research interest in recent years. However, the approach has begun to receive strong criticism from proponents of traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Hofmann and Asmundson (2008) recently compared and contrasted ACT and traditional CBT. They concluded that ACT s criticisms of traditional CBT are inaccurate; both ACT and CBT can be understood using a similar theoretical model; and there is no evidence that ACT represents a third wave of behavior therapy , as is sometimes claimed by its proponents.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a novel acceptance/mindfulness-based behavioral treatment that has been increasing in popularity in recent years. A detailed …
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