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Congratulations, 2021-2022 Research Development Grant Recipients!

Congratulations to Lydiah Maingi, PhD, Kenyatta University, Kenya; Amanda Muñoz-Martínez, PhD, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia;…

2021 ACBS Diversity Award

ACBS is pleased to announce the 2021 Diversity Award recipient: Yiyi Wang, University of Toronto. This award recognizes a ACBS member who…

Adoption of Open Science Recommendations

The ACBS Board is pleased to announce the adoption of Open Science recommendations made by the Task Force on the Strategy and Tactics of Contextual…

ACBS Inducts 6 Fellows

ACBS is pleased to announce our 2021 class of Fellows. Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to contextual behavioral science and to…

The Sounding Board: Updates from the ACBS President Lisa Coyne

The Spring 2021 edition of the Sounding Board is now available. Lisa Coyne's interview with new Board Member Sindhu BS about the India Chapter'…

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Exceeds 600 Randomized Controlled Trials!

By Steven C. Hayes ACT RCTs have hit 600 trials! That's right. 600. If you spend a little time looking at this amazing body of work several things…

ACBS Releases Task Force Report on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral Science Research

The ACBS Board of Directors is pleased to present the Final Report of the ACBS Task Force on the Strategies and Tactics of Contextual Behavioral…

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the management of chronic pain

In April 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the United Kingdom published the guidelines “Chronic pain (primary and…

2021 - 2022 ACBS Board of Directors

It is our great pleasure to announce the 2021-2022 ACBS Board of Directors: President: Miranda Morris, Ph.D., Founder, True North Therapy and…

World Health Organization recommends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the management of chronic pain in children

In December 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its “Guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children.” The WHO guidelines…

Congratulations, 2020-2021 Research Development Grant Recipients!

Congratulations to Samuel Spencer, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA and to Marianna Zacharia, University of Cyprus, ACTHEALTHY lab, Cyprus…

2020 World Conference ONLINE Recap

We are thrilled to report that the 2020 ACBS World Conference ONLINE had our highest number of conference attendees ever. Thank you and welcome to…