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Welcome to the official website of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, a worldwide online learning and research community, and a living resource for anyone interested in ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science. Find out more about us.

What's New

ACBS Endorses Guidelines for Doctoral Psychology Programs
ACT belongs to a family of cognitive behavioral therapies, and in the years to come, it is important that the more general tradition of cognitive behavioral psychology is advanced. Thus, ACBS has contributed to inter-organizational efforts aimed at solidifying the training methods which have progressed the field thus far.

New Publication

Measures of attentional bias and relational responding are associated with behavioral treatment outcome for cocaine dependence.

Carpenter, K. M., Martinez, D., Vadhan, N., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Nunes, E. V. (2012). Measures of attentional bias and relational responding are associated with behavioral treatment outcome for cocaine dependence. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 38,146-154.

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New Publication

Gil, Luciano, Ruiz, Valdivia-Salas (2012)

Gil, E., Luciano, C., Ruiz, F. J., & Valdivia-Salas, V. (2012). A Preliminary Demonstration of Transformation of Functions through Hierarchical Relations. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 12, 1, 1-19

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