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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is shown to be effective in relatively distant fields from the so-called psychological disorders. One of these areas is sport performance improvement. The aim of the current study is to expand the application of brief ACT protocols to improve chess-players’ performance. In a previous study, a brief protocol was applied to internationallevel adult chess-players that was effective.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is shown to be effective in relatively distant fields from the so-called psychological disorders. One of these areas is sport performance improvement. The aim of the current study is to expand the application of brief ACT protocols to improve chess-players’ performance. In a previous study, a brief protocol was applied to internationallevel adult chess-players that was effective.

This article describes three brief acceptance-based protocols that were implemented with adolescents presenting psychological barriers to cope with different issues. The first was a values-acceptance protocol applied to adolescents to promote safe sex behaviours. The second protocol was applied to young chess promises to improve their chess performance. The third protocol was applied to children showing impulsive and antisocial behaviors. In all cases, the outcomes were satisfactory.

This article describes three brief acceptance-based protocols that were implemented with adolescents presenting psychological barriers to cope with different issues. The first was a values-acceptance protocol applied to adolescents to promote safe sex behaviours. The second protocol was applied to young chess promises to improve their chess performance. The third protocol was applied to children showing impulsive and antisocial behaviors. In all cases, the outcomes were satisfactory.

Much RFT-based research has concentrated on using derived relational responding to model particular aspects of language and higher cognition. One by now particularly successful example of this research is that which has modelled analogical language in terms of the relating of derived relations. The current article describes the progress of research in this area.

Much RFT-based research has concentrated on using derived relational responding to model particular aspects of language and higher cognition. One by now particularly successful example of this research is that which has modelled analogical language in terms of the relating of derived relations. The current article describes the progress of research in this area.

This article has two main purposes. The first one is to present the

This article has two main purposes. The first one is to present the

A case study where the client was a professional chess-player is presented. The objective of the intervention was to improve his chess performance. The chess-player attempts to control and avoid some private events and such a pattern of behaving causes a decrease in his performance. These attempts are functional equivalent and understandable from the experiential avoidance perspective. Consequently, a brief intervention of four sessions following ACT was implemented in two months.

A case study where the client was a professional chess-player is presented. The objective of the intervention was to improve his chess performance. The chess-player attempts to control and avoid some private events and such a pattern of behaving causes a decrease in his performance. These attempts are functional equivalent and understandable from the experiential avoidance perspective. Consequently, a brief intervention of four sessions following ACT was implemented in two months.