The unconscious in a new guise: Latent processes in two theories of the third wave of cognitive behavioral therapy

2021 ◽  
pp. 095935432098346
Author(s):  
Monika Romanowska ◽  
Bartłomiej Dobroczyński
Keyword(s):  
Relational Frame Theory ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Behavioral Model ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Interesting Phenomenon ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Relational Frame ◽  
The Status ◽  
Interacting Cognitive Subsystems

The concept of the unconscious is associated mainly with the psychodynamic approaches, as well as with research on latent processes in cognitive and social psychology. The aim of this article is to determine the status of this concept in Hayes’s relational frame theory (RFT) and in the interacting cognitive subsystems (ICS) theory by Teasdale and Barnard. These two theories serve as the theoretical basis for therapies that underscore aspects associated with acceptance and mindfulness. The mindfulness movement is an interesting phenomenon at the interface of science and spirituality. We believe that ICS and RFT are two different examples of how psychology can use the concept of the unconscious. ICS, adopting a cognitive model, relies on a computer metaphor of the unconscious. What it lacks is a conceptualization of the conflict of representations or needs. RFT, adopting a behavioral model, has a greater potential for explaining conflict.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A Third Wave Behaviour Therapy

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 667-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Cullen
Keyword(s):  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Relational Frame Theory ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Relational Frame ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clinical Conditions

AbstractThis paper introduces Acceptance and commitment Therapy (ACT) as one of the newer contextualist behaviour therapies. A brief history of the development of ACT is outlined. The concepts of equivalence and laterality and the important relationship between Relational Frame Theory and ACT are then described. The “hexagram” summary of the six core linked processes in ACT is presented and, finally, the research evidence to support the effectiveness of ACT applied to a range of clinical conditions and client groups is summarized.

scholarly journals On Linguistic and Cognitive Mechanisms of Author’s Identity Representation in Poetic Discourse

2019 ◽  
pp. 251-261
Author(s):  
Irina Yanovskaya ◽  
Olga Chizhikova ◽  
Natalya Zolotykh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Cognitive Structure ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Cognitive Specificity ◽  
Poetic Discourse ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Identity Representation

The purpose of the article is to justify the linguistic-and-cognitive basis of an author's identity in poetic discourse. The analysis of linguistic-and-cognitive mechanisms of artistic idiosyncrasy individuality representation is carried out on the basis of Arseny Tarkovsky's works. The hermeneutic analysis of poetics in the works by Tarkovsky allowed confirming the assumption about a Gestalt-type cognitive structure that might generate meanings erasing in image-bearing systems and depict them as the system of interpenetrating motifs. The specificity of the above named structure is in its ad hock production, which does not allow to represent it as a pattern of a syntactic type that consists of some elements. This structure has the status of a fundamental (world-forming) cognitive model, which seems immanent to a prior structure of the poet's subjectivity and acquires the highest value rank in its axiological universe. Its status of immanent mediation between powerful faceless meanings circling in the sphere of the unconscious, and the manifest (created) aspect of the artistic world, that is, its sophianic, substantive (text-forming) nature, is confirmed in the article. The semiotic and cognitive specificity of Arseny Tarkovsky's idiosyncrasy is predetermined by the fact that the metaphysical source of his texts is introspection, immanent to insight, in which the "intelligent face" of the world is revealed, that determines the gnostic character of the conceptually defining motives of his poetics.

scholarly journals Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 025371762199673
Author(s):  
Joel Philip ◽  
Vinu Cherian
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Change Acceptance ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment

Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in the use of “third-wave” psychotherapies in treating psychiatric disorders. These newer therapies are fundamentally different from the existing techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy in terms of their guiding principles and processes of change. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is the most prominent among these “third wave” psychotherapies. However, there have not been any reports from India, thus far, that have studied the use of ACT in treating obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). We describe a case of OCD that was successfully treated with eight sessions of ACT, with the results being maintained over a one-month follow-up period. Postintervention tests revealed a significant decrease in obsessive–compulsive symptoms and an associated increase in psychological flexibility. This case study highlights the possible utility of ACT as a therapeutic intervention in OCD, especially when combined with pharmacotherapy.

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