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Welcome to ContextualPsychology.org, an online learning and research community and the official website of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS). This site is a living resource for the ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science community.

The website is mostly designed for the professional, but if you are a member of the public, you are welcome to look around or even to join our group. To get started, click ACT for the Public for resources and information about this work.

Students and professionals, by joining ACBS, you will be participating in a world wide community that is dedicated to the development of a progressive psychology and related behavioral sciences more adequate to the challenge of the human condition. ACBS fosters an open and responsible scientific culture that is non-hierarchical, self-critical, and where everyone can play a role. Read more about the foundations of our work, ACT, and RFT.

ACBS News:

Psychology & Related News:

  • Behind the Times? APS members report on the new Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) in the Washington Post
Website News:

  • Gaudiano's second reply to Öst is a new addition to the Criticisms of ACT page, which captures the ongoing debate about the ACT scientific strategy, the state of the data, and its relative effectiveness.