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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.

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ACBS Inducts 5 Fellows
May 28, 2019: ACBS is pleased to announce our 2019 class of Fellows. Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to contextual behavioral science and to the ACBS community. Kenneth Fung, M.D. (Canada) Maria Karekla, Ph.D. (Cyprus) Michael Levin, Ph.D. (USA) Darrah Westrup, Ph.D. (USA) Patricia Zurita Ona, Psy.D. (USA)

TEDx Talks Translation Project
Thanks to all the volunteers, translators and to all those who help spread word of these TEDx Talks worldwide, and enabled translations into 25 different languages.  The 10 TEDx Talks are Psychological flexibility: How love turns pain into purpose by Steven Hayes, Mental Brakes to Avoid Mental Breaks by Steven Hayes, The secret to self control by Jonathan Bricker, Create Extraordinary Interactions by Mavis Tsai, The gift and power of emotional courage by Susan David, Why It's Hard Being Human by John Forsyth, The Power of Sm

ACT Randomized Controlled Trials since 1986
Last updated: June 2019 The following information will be provided about each study: Trial area (e.g. Anxiety). Trial conditions (e.g. ACT vs. CBT). Total number of participants (e.g. N=48). APA reference. DOI (digital object identifier) if available. Link to full text of study if available.