The wide variety of “third wave” cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) methods (eg,
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or “ACT”, Compassion Focused Therapy, Meta …

Clinical science seems to have reached a tip** point. It appears that a new paradigm is
beginning to emerge that is questioning the validity and utility of the medical illness model …

For decades, cognitive and behavioral therapies (CBTs) have been tested in randomized
controlled trials for specific psychiatric syndromes that were assumed to represent …

Research indicates that core dimensions of psychological well-being can be cultivated
through intentional mental training. Despite growing research in this area and an increasing …

This article reviews the ways in which cognitive and behavioral treatments for depression
and anxiety have been advanced by the application of mindfulness practices. Research on …

Psychological flexibility (PF), defined as the ability to pursue valued life aims despite the
presence of distress, is a fundamental contributor to health (Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010) …

The term cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) identifies a family of interventions that are
widely recognized as the set of psychological treatments with the most extensive empirical …

For half a century, the dominant paradigm in psychotherapy research has been to develop
syndrome-specific treatment protocols for hypothesized but unproved latent disease entities …

For decades the development of evidence-based therapy has been based on experimental
tests of protocols designed to impact psychiatric syndromes. As this paradigm weakens, a …

Acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies have shown efficacy in the treatment of
anxiety and depression. Arguably, acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies target core …