Experiential Avoidance and Behavioral Disorders: A Functional Dimensional Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment
Experiential Avoidance and Behavioral Disorders: A Functional Dimensional Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment is a journal article by Steven C. Hayes, Kelly G. Wilson, Elizabeth V. Gifford, Victoria M. Follette, Kirk Strosahl (1996), published in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 5 practices across 4 concepts; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this journal article is put to use.
Where to find it
Practices on IX Coach that cite Experiential Avoidance and Behavioral Disorders
- A — Allow the experience to be as it is
Let what is present be here, without pushing it away, numbing it, or elaborating it.
RAIN Meditation: Tara Brach’s Four-Step Practice
- Practice willingness to carry discomfort
Treat the presence of discomfort as neutral data, not a stop sign.
Committed Action, Made Practical
- Stop numbing vulnerability
Notice how you numb hard feelings — and feel them instead, because you can’t numb selectively.
Daring Greatly, Made Practical
- Practice tonglen for your own suffering first
Use your own current pain as the object before extending the practice to others.
Tonglen: The Tibetan Practice of Taking and Sending
- Investigate resistance to the practice honestly
The impulse not to breathe in suffering is information about where your self-protective contraction lives.
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