I encourage anyone curious about contextual behavioural science to become an #ACBS member: the resources at contextualscience.org, the activities of chapters and SIGs, the welcoming community – these are all big pluses. @contextpsych.bsky.social

Personally, there are key decisions in my life that I believe only happened because of #ACT and contextual behavioural science: being open, aware and active has made me a better person to those I love and care about. I am who I am today because of #ACBS. #RFT #mentalhealth @contextpsych.bsky.social

My favourite #ACBS World Conference to date was the 2011 World Conference in Parma, Italy. All the pleasures of a conference in Italy made for a very social conference: a beautiful city, fantastic food, wine, & perfect summer weather. @contextpsych.bsky.social

ACBS opened the doors of possibility: that others also cared about a progressive form of clinical psychology, that it was worth pursuing a scientific approach, and that striving to do better, guided by values of openness and compassion, well, it mattered. @contextpsych.bsky.social

G'day from Melbourne! I'm Eric Morris and today, to help celebrate 20 years of ACBS, I'll be taking over their social media channels to share some of my favorite experiences with the organisation! @contextpsych.bsky.social

Which emotion regulation strategies are mediating the outcome of acceptance and commitment therapy compared to cognitive-behaviour therapy in the treatment of anxiety symptoms?

The Sleep Acceptance Scale (SAS): Development, psychometric properties, and applications buff.ly/OoB1Z4p

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Does Not Increase Reports of Camouflaging Behavior in Autistic Adults: Results From an Exploratory Study buff.ly/TKqPXgn

Useful panel on idionomics and process based empirical practice - Baljinder Sahdra (speaking), Steve Hayes, Stefan Hofmann, Cristobal Hernandez, Diana Hill, Clarissa Ong Building analytic tools for interventions based on a different set of assumptions than categories or “normality” #ACBSWC2025

Lauren Lawson from ACTUALISE Lab shared an fascinating study at #ACBSWC25 on idionomic interactions through the day between sleep and mental health for autistic adults. Innovative work from La Trobe University!

#ACBS25 opening plenary - Baljinder Sahdra makes the compelling argument for idionomics, bridging the gap between group-level findings and individual experiences : what is considered "evidence" in evidence-based practice? Heterogeneity is the norm!

See you in Hong Kong in 2027 for #acbswc

See you in Hong Kong in 2027 for #acbswc

Defining Neurodiversity Affirming Psychology Practice for Autistic Adults: A Delphi Study Integrating Psychologist and Client Perspectives www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

Impact of change in insomnia on change in pandemic paranoia: a longitudinal moderated-mediation model in an international sample

New review article about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for psychosis, for a special issue of PCNA. Co-authored by Daniel Simsion at @latrobeuni.bsky.social www.psych.theclinics.com/article/S019... @myacbs.bsky.social

Our sleep and suicide paper is now published in an issue of Autism Research @contextpsych.bsky.social @drlauren-lawson.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@ginnybraun.bsky.social & I were interviewed by @nature.com for a feature on the Most-cited papers of all time. Our paper Using Thematic Analysis in Psychology is number 3! And the 9th most cited paper OF ALL TIME! Wow! Go qualitative research!! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Non-response to treatment is common for patients with PTSD. The lowest non-response rates is found for trauma-focused treatments, but even the non-response rates for these treatments is substantial. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...

“Many academics tell us they’re avoiding US travel entirely due to genuine fears about border detention and visa issues.” Barnes said many LGBTQ+ researchers, in particular, no longer felt safe travelling to the US for conferences, “directly impacting their career progression”

New review article about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for psychosis, for a special issue of PCNA. Co-authored by Daniel Simsion at @latrobeuni.bsky.social www.psych.theclinics.com/article/S019... @myacbs.bsky.social

Love the opportunity to appear on Life's Dirty Little Secrets podcast, to talk about the less-obvious sides of grief www.lifesdirtylittlesecretspodcast.com/episodes

More news soon! The ACBS UKROI Chapter is having a Conference in 2025. Our theme is - POLLINATION: Innovation Through Connection. Dates - 14 to 16 November 2025 Venue - Manchester Hyatt Regency Hotel Please hold the dates and spread the news!

Contrary to popular belief, what is important in science is as much its spirit as its product: it is as much the openmindedness, the primacy of criticism, the submission to the unforeseen, however upsetting, as the result, however new that may be. – Francois Jacob www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Development of ACT+: A Novel, Person‐Centred Psychological Intervention Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to Improve Quality of Life in Patients Living With and Beyond Cancer

From Aversive, Toward Appetitive: A Behavioral Conceptual Analysis of Compassion - Behavior Analysis in Practice

Validation of the food craving acceptance and action questionnaire (FAAQ) in pregnancy

Newly graduated Australian psychologists’ interest and confidence in psychological approaches for psychosis: what role can psychology training providers play in increasing access to psychological interventions for psychosis?

In Veterans Affairs facilities across the U.S., therapy and other mental health services have been thrown into turmoil amid the dramatic changes ordered by President Trump and pushed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

So it turns out that Meta, pirated millions of books and research papers, including some of mine, to train its AI assistant. If you’ve ever written a book, a chapter, or a research paper you can search the illegal LibGen database in the article below to see if they stole from you too.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Eczema Management Program for Children With Eczema: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

Dissociative experiences in individuals with subclinical psychosis and a history of developmental trauma: a qualitative study

Clinical effectiveness of an online psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic programme for caregivers of children newly diagnosed as autistic: a parallel, assessor-masked, randomised controlled trial in the UK (REACH-ASD)

Money quote of the day by @cassie-boness.bsky.social: “EFT represents a pseudoscientific, “unsinkable rubber duck” (i.e., a belief that people continue to hold despite evidence to the contrary).“ 🥰 psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Reliability and validity of the Self‐Reflection and Insight Scale for psychologists and the development and validation of the revised short version

Do Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Interventions Lead to Schema Change in People With Psychosis? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Evaluating the VaLiANT (Valued Living After Neurological Trauma) group intervention for improving adjustment to life with acquired brain injury: A pilot randomized controlled trial buff.ly/GEOPn47 [8-week holistic group integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy & cognitive rehabilitation]

Great study by @AtiyyaNisar with schools in North Wales👍: ‘Adding implementation support to a universal Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based school well-being intervention: A cluster-randomised controlled trial’ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mechanisms of change in an online acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for insomnia

Cognitive and psychological factors associated with treatment response in ACT-I and CBT-I for insomnia

‘They Say We're the Rigid Ones’: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Autistic Adults' Experiences of Psychological Therapies

The experience and role of dissociation in psychosis following developmental trauma: A systematic review

Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for outpatients with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical effectiveness

Trump trying to influence Australian research 😡 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

The co-occurrence of depression and dissociation: The relevance of childhood trauma

Bidirectional relationships among complex PTSD, dissociation, and psychotic symptoms in two samples

Intervention research in anorexia nervosa – a plea for single case experimental designs

Does cognitive reappraisal facilitate extinction?