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Take an active part in building your happiness. Consider: What could go right?

Bumper-sticker RFT: Distinction can be used as a defusion tool. Flip the meaning of a common saying or the surrounding imagery to prompt momentary defusion, laughter, and loosening of the rules that bind.

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Acceptance is a practice. It's learning that suffering can be reduced but not eliminated from life. It's a practice of learning to walk between self-care and self-delusion.

Psychology grows through integration - can you see what 'works' beyond your theoretical orientation?

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Why is it important to know your principles? Because whether you're doing ACT, FAP, Clinical RFT, DBT, or ABA with the developmentally disabled - it's

Finding Clinical Behavior Analysis: Part I

Finding Clinical Behavior Analysis: Part I | Behavior-Behavior by Angela Coreil, PhD In my recent invited talk at CalABA on Clinical Behavior Analysis as a way of unifying the behavioral sciences, I alluded to a series of painful learning experiences that brought me to Clinical Behavior Analysis. My training path has been long and winding – all with the inten...

Strengthening the Roots of Our Science and Practice. https://behavior-behavior.org/strengthening-the-roots-of-our-science-and-practice/

The impact of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention on parent behavior towards children with Autism https://behavior-behavior.org/the-impact-of-an-acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-act-intervention-on-parent-behavior-towards-children-with-autism/

Mindfulness is all about noticing something as it is, not what it says it is. This free worksheet includes an interactive exercise for you or your clients to develop mindfulness skills.

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"The clinician may then engage the client in an exercise where the word 'milk' is repeated in rapid succession, out loud, for a minute."

You may have heard a “brain teaser” before that starts like this, but did you know that this is actually an exercise in defusion? Click the link below to learn more about this core process of ACT.

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Understanding ACT, DBT, and FAP: Similarities and Differences https://ed.gr/de5i1

Information is not knowledge. This is important to remember as you build expertise. Seek consultants and supervisors to help you shape your knowledge. No amount of reading books alone will help you be your best in practice.

A Beginner’s Guide to Clinical Behavior Analysis (CBA) and Related Treatments (ACT, DBT, FAP)

A Beginner’s Guide to Clinical Behavior Analysis (CBA) and Related Treatments (ACT, DBT, FAP) | Behavior-Behavior What is Clinical Behavior Analysis? Clinical Behavior Analysis (CBA) is at the intersection of behavior analysis and psychology. It is the application of behavioral principles to changing behaviors previously considered to fit in within the are of ‘mental health’. Clinical Behavior Analysis focu...

The Four-Term Contingency

The Four-Term Contingency | Behavior-Behavior Behavior analysis has long been known as a field studying the three-term contingency (antecedent-behavior-consequence). More specifically, behavior analysis has tended to focus on overt/ observable behavior and how idiosyncratic reinforcement schedules (i.e., fixed, ratio) and the immediacy of reinf...

We often get asked about the practicalities of Clinical Behavior Analysis (CBA). At our clinical facility, Better Living Center for Behavioral Health, we practice what we 'preach' - CBA.

Here's a brief video on Behavioral Contracts that we may use to keep clients engaging in treatment appropriately in the milieu.

John Wesenberg, BCBA, LBA speaks about how this may be employed to manage a variety of contingencies within the treatment environment.



https://youtu.be/Y1r-rO0Ssr4

5 Reasons to consider Better Living Center for Behavioral Health for your OCD and Anxiety Disorders Dr. Dean McKay, PhD, ABPP speaks about why you should consider referring your OCD & Anxiety disorder clients to the specialized programming at Better Living ...

Multi-trait Multi-method Assessment

Multi-trait Multi-method Assessment | Behavior-Behavior Evaluate construct validity of the self-report inventory of generalized anxiety by interpreting all four sets of correlation coefficients within the multitrait-multimethod matrix that is obtained. Which, if any, of the four measures appears to possess adequate construct validity?

The ACT Practitioner’s Perspective on Adolescent Suicidality

The ACT Practitioner’s Perspective on Adolescent Suicidality | Behavior-Behavior by Amy R. Murrell, Ph.D. The paper summarized here, was written by myself and former students (Al-Jabari, Moyer, Novamo, and Connally), and published in the International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy in 2014 examines the problem of adolescent su***de from an Acceptance and Commitme...

What is ‘clinically relevant behavior’: Sign or sample

What is ‘clinically relevant behavior’: Sign or sample | Behavior-Behavior Much of how 'psychopathology' is understood depends on whether 'unusual' behavior is determined a sign of an underlying condition or a sample of behavior within a particular context.

5 Things to Know Before Starting a Practice

5 Things to Know Before Starting a Practice | Behavior-Behavior Starting a practice in the mental health field can be tricky and intimidating, but there are some things you need to keep in mind to ensure your business gets off to the right start.

The science of human behavior was meant to be more. It is can serve as a common language that unifies effective treatments. Learn more about Dr. Coreil's perspective on unifying the behavioral sciences through behavior analysis by checking out our CEU on unifying the behavioral sciences. www.behavior-behavior.org/shop

Rule Governance and the use of Values to Facilitate Exposure for OCD | Behavior-Behavior by John Wesenberg, M.S., BCBA, LBA Rule Governance and use of Values to Facilitate Exposure for OCD Behavior is dynamic and influenced by many contingencies simultaneously. Relational Frame Theory (Hayes et al., 2001) is an extension of behavior analytic principles to the human ability to learn lang...

RFT: Let me show you something beautiful. | Behavior-Behavior RFT: Let me show you something beautiful. Contextual Behavioral Science AUGUST 11, 2016, original post to angela.cathey.com Stop over thinking RFT and feel it. I would say that sometimes it takes a different perspective to look at the tools we are given and see them quite differently. We, the second...