APA Citation
Hayes, S. C., Hofmann, S. G., & Sloan Wilson, D. (2020). Clinical psychology is an applied evolutionary science. Clinical Psychology Review, 81, 101892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101892
Publication Topic
Other Third-Wave Therapies: Conceptual
Publication Type
Article
Language
English
Keyword(s)
Evolution, Variation, Selection, Multi-level selection, Extended evolutionary synthesis, Conscious evolution, Evidence-based therapy, Processes of change
Abstract
Historically there has been only a limited relationship between clinical psychology and evolutionary science. This article considers the status of that relationship in light of a modern multi-dimensional and multi-level extended evolutionary approach. Evolution can be purposive and even conscious, and evolutionary principles can give guidance and provide consilience to clinical psychology, especially as it focuses more on processes of change. The time seems ripe to view clinical psychology as an applied evolutionary science.