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Advocates for Children in Therapy (ACT) is a U.S. advocacy group founded by Jean Mercer and opposed to attachment therapy and related treatments. The organization opposes a number of psychotherapeutic techniques which are potentially or actually harmful to the children who undergo them. The group's mission is to provide advocacy by "raising ...
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT, typically pronounced as the word "act") is a form of psychotherapy, as well as a branch of clinical behavior analysis. [1] It is an empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies [2] along with commitment and behavior-change strategies to increase psychological flexibility.
Assertive community treatment. Assertive community treatment ( ACT) is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery. [ 1] ACT teams serve individuals who have been diagnosed with serious and persistent forms of mental illness, predominantly but not exclusively the schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Playfulness by Paul Manship, 1912–1914. Play therapy is an evidence based approach for children that allows them to find ways to learn, process their emotions, and make meaning of the world around them. Play therapy can be used for several reasons including trauma, autism, behavior, attachment, and language.
A nonprofit program in D.C. shows that time outdoors improves kids' mental health.
Self-as-context, one of the core principles in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), is the concept that people are not the content of their thoughts or feelings, but rather are the consciousness experiencing or observing the thoughts and feelings. [ 1][ 2] Self-as-context is distinguished from self-as-content, defined in ACT as the social ...
Cognitive behavioral therapy ( CBT) is a form of psychotherapy [ 1][ 2] that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression, PTSD and anxiety disorders. [ 3] Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions (such as thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes) and their associated ...
Behavioral activation is a form of clinical behavior analysis, which is also known as third-generation behavior therapy. Other behavior therapies are acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy and functional analytic psychotherapy. BA can be integrated into other psychotherapies, and its inclusion in these third-generation ...