Steven Hayes
2017-06-14

Get Out of Your Mind and Live a Vital Life with Steven Hayes

It is an honor to have Dr. Steven Hayes, the father of "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" (ACT), on the podcast this week. In this wide ranging episode, we learn about the "third wave" of cognitive behavioral therapies, and how to have greater psychological flexibility-- the ability to contact the present moment more fully as a conscious human being, and to change or persist in behavior when doing so serves valued ends. We will learn the 6 core ACT processes, and how they can help you stop fighting the battles within your own head and live a more vital life. The message from today's podcast is that you can choose to live a vital life. This episode will teach you how! Enjoy, and please join in the discussion below.

“You can choose to live a vital, committed human life, even inside your pain. That doesn’t have to go away before you get to have the privilege of being human.”

It is an honor to have Dr. Steven Hayes, the father of “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” (ACT), on the podcast this week. In this wide ranging episode, we learn about the “third wave” of cognitive behavioral therapies, and how to have greater psychological flexibility— the ability to contact the present moment more fully as a conscious human being, and to change or persist in behavior when doing so serves valued ends. We will learn the 6 core ACT processes, and how they can help you stop fighting the battles within your own head and live a more vital life. The message from today’s podcast is that you can choose to live a vital life. This episode will teach you how! Enjoy, and please join in the discussion below.

About the guest

Steven Hayes

Podcast Guest

Steven C. Hayes is an American clinical psychologist and Nevada Foundation Professor in the Behavior Analysis program at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the developer of Relational Frame Theory and the originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

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