The self and psychotherapy: are the predictions ACT makes about self-as-content accurate?

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The self and psychotherapy: are the predictions ACT makes about self-as-content accurate?

Objectives: The evidence base for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy’s (ACT) overall effectiveness is highly promising. However, the extent to which the six processes comprising ACT have been investigated is extremely variable. In particular, the process regarding the self and therapeutic change is i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Naidoo, Rohan James
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Identity The self Psychotherapy resistance Reactance Acceptance and commitment therapy ACT Change
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12171/

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