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Author(s)
Jackson P. Rainer
Jeremy Gay
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2013.09.001
Affiliation(s)
Valdosta State University, Georgia, USA
Georgia Southern University, Georgia, USA
ABSTRACT
Effective
and efficacy-based psychotherapy treatments are those that hold descriptive
conceptualizations, remove ambiguity from clinical decision-making, and match
treatments to the needs of the client. The contemporary zeitgeist of
psychotherapy best practice supports an integrated view structuring information
from a transtheoretical approach, matching therapist and client related
variables, and accounting for the strength of the therapeutic alliance. This
article seeks to examine the bridge between two psychotherapy orientations: existential/experiential
therapy and ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy). Clinical utility and
research-based credibility is found within the two theories. The bridges
between them are flexible, congruent, and can be unified within basic
constructs and values. These models offer strong, effective alternatives for
form and practice of psychotherapy.
KEYWORDS
existential, experiential, ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), psychotherapy
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