Guest guest Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 There have bee a few threads lately that have seemedacceptance/defusion heavy and values light.Defusion and acceptance work without values ismore like fatalism Values work without defusion and acceptance is more like hyper-responsibility You need both to make sense of either.Values work dignifies and make coherent the acceptance/defusion work.Defusion/acceptance work liberates values choices.Steve's little message for the day : )Peace, love, and life- S C. Foundation ProfessorDepartment of Psychology /298University of NevadaReno, NV 89557-0062hayes@... or stevenchayes@... Fax: Psych Department: Contextual Change (you can use this number for messages if need be): If you want my vita, publications, PowerPoint slides, try my training page or my blog at the ACBS site: http://www.contextualpsychology.org/steven_hayes http://www.contextualpsychology.org/blog/steven_hayes or you can try my website (not really quite functional yet) stevenchayes.comIf you have any questions about ACT or RFT (articles, AAQ information etc), please first check the vast resources at www.contextualpsychology.org If you are a professional or student and want to be part of the world wide ACT discussion or RFT discussions go to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy/join orhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/relationalframetheory/joinIf you are a member of the public reading ACT self-help books (e.g., " Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life " etc) and want to be part of the conversation go to: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ACT_for_the_Public/join Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Oh no, I try my hardest to get out of the values bit, but now I have been caught by the scruff of the neck. Oh well, back to the basics again. Values is much harder work for me. Kavy > > There have bee a few threads lately that have seemed > acceptance/defusion heavy and values light. > > Defusion and acceptance work without values is > more like fatalism > > Values work without defusion and acceptance is more > like hyper-responsibility > > You need both to make sense of either. > Values work dignifies and make coherent the acceptance/defusion work. > Defusion/acceptance work liberates values choices. > > Steve's little message for the day > > : ) > > Peace, love, and life > > - S > > > C. > Foundation Professor > Department of Psychology /298 > University of Nevada > Reno, NV 89557-0062 > > hayes@... or stevenchayes@... > Fax: > Psych Department: > > Contextual Change (you can use this number for messages if need be): (775) > 746-2013 > > If you want my vita, publications, PowerPoint slides, try my training page > or my blog at the ACBS site: > http://www.contextualpsychology.org/steven_hayes > http://www.contextualpsychology.org/blog/steven_hayes > > or you can try my website (not really quite functional yet) stevenchayes.com > > If you have any questions about ACT or RFT (articles, AAQ information etc), > please first check the vast resources at www.contextualpsychology.org > > If you are a professional or student and want to be part of the world wide > ACT discussion or RFT discussions go to > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy/join > > or > > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/relationalframetheory/join > > If you are a member of the public reading ACT self-help books (e.g., " Get > Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life " etc) and want to be part of the > conversation go to: > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ACT_for_the_Public/join > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Here is the recent post I just referred to. Bill To: ACT_for_the_Public From: stevenchayes@...Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:02:07 -0700Subject: Working both sides There have bee a few threads lately that have seemedacceptance/defusion heavy and values light.Defusion and acceptance work without values ismore like fatalism Values work without defusion and acceptance is morelike hyper-responsibility You need both to make sense of either.Values work dignifies and make coherent the acceptance/defusion work.Defusion/acceptance work liberates values choices.Steve's little message for the day: )Peace, love, and life- S C. Foundation ProfessorDepartment of Psychology /298University of NevadaReno, NV 89557-0062hayes@... or stevenchayesgmailFax: Psych Department: Contextual Change (you can use this number for messages if need be): If you want my vita, publications, PowerPoint slides, try my training page or my blog at the ACBS site: http://www.contextualpsychology.org/steven_hayes http://www.contextualpsychology.org/blog/steven_hayes or you can try my website (not really quite functional yet) stevenchayes.comIf you have any questions about ACT or RFT (articles, AAQ information etc), please first check the vast resources at www.contextualpsychology.orgIf you are a professional or student and want to be part of the world wide ACT discussion or RFT discussions go to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy/joinorhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/relationalframetheory/joinIf you are a member of the public reading ACT self-help books (e.g., "Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life" etc) and want to be part of the conversation go to: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ACT_for_the_Public/join Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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