How to Untangle Unhelpful Coping Mechanisms
Dec 27, 2019
Dr Hayes
Dec 27, 2019
- Psychological rigidity predicts most mental health difficulties - from anxiety to trauma, to eating disorders and depression
- A lack of mental flexibility can promote unhelpful coping strategies, says Dr Steven C. Hayes
- ACT is a form of therapy that can help with this kind of thinking - find your therapist here
Every one of us engages in behaviours that, deep down, we know don't serve our best interests. The examples are endless:
- the diet that goes awry when you binge after a long day at work
- those extra drinks you have at the party even though you know you won't feel your best the next day
- the looming deadline that you keep procrastinating about
- or the time you picked a fight with your spouse for no real reason
Dr Hayes
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. The author of forty-three books and more than six hundred scientific articles, he has served as president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, and is one of the most cited psychologists in the world.
Dr. Hayes initiated the development of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT and of Relational Frame Theory RFT , the approach to cognition on which ACT is based.
