scholarly journals A Stimulus in Need of a Response: A Review of Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. McIlvane
Keyword(s):  
Relational Frame Theory ◽  
Frame Theory ◽  
Human Language ◽  
Relational Frame ◽  
Language And Cognition

Strategies for using metaphor in psychological treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-232
Author(s):  
Niklas Törneke
Keyword(s):  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Relational Frame Theory ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Frame Theory ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Human Language ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Relational Frame

Abstract In most models of psychotherapy metaphor is considered an important aspect of communication. At the same time there is a need for a rationale to tell the clinician with what purpose and how to use metaphor for the benefit of the client. The present article suggests such principles, specifically based on a behavioral approach to human language, relational frame theory (RFT). This approach has co-developed with a specific model of psychotherapy: acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and the conclusions in this article are very much in line with that model. Overlap between RFT and a recent linguistic theory of metaphor, the dynamic approach, is also discussed.

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