Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Model, processes and outcomes

2005/11/22 by Steven C. Hayes, Jason B. Luoma, Frank W. Bond +2 · 6,496 citations
Psychology · #Acceptance and commitment therapy #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Clinical psychology #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive therapy #Intervention (counseling) #Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions #Outcome (game theory) #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychopathology #Psychotherapist #Relational frame theory

paper · doi:10.1016/j.brat.2005.06.006

published in Behaviour Research and Therapy 44(1), 1-25 (Elsevier BV)

openalex publication_date 2005/11/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

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