Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Part 2 with Dr. Steven C. Hayes

25/09/2025 37 min Episodio 222
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Part 2 with Dr. Steven C. Hayes

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Episode Synopsis

Discover what’s possible when you flex your mind. 
How can we stay in the present moment and open our mind to difficult thoughts and feelings?
If you want to know how to enhance your emotional and cognitive flexibility, stay with us for this episode with Dr. Steven C. Hayes.
Steven Hayes is a clinical psychologist, a researcher, the originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Relational Frame Theory, and a co-developer of Process-Based Therapy. He has spent the past four decades studying how to ease human suffering and is one of the most cited psychologists in the world, having published 47 books and nearly 700 scientific articles.
This episode is part two of my conversation with Steven Hayes. We discuss:

How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help autistic people 
Where the concept of “normal” came from and how it’s been harmful to the autistic community
Why Steven thinks Behavior Analysts should care about ACT
How ACT can help families
Tips for clinicians seeking to integrate ACT into their practice

To learn more about Dr. Steven Hayes and his work, please visit  advocacy work, please visit stevenchayes.com.
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