Coming from the humanistic and/or psychodynamic tradition

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I am a 51 years old clinician psychologist learning ACT and RFT and coming from the humanistic tradition in psychotherapy I found some convergences (the importance of awareness and to feel instead of avoiding feeling) and divergences (the absence of the concept of "needs" (cf. Maslow) or motivational theory in ACT (I guess the Value concept and the "shaping by consequences" does the job here but there seems to be a pure "choice" in the valuing process there instead of the "discovering" through therapy of "our real needs" that are relate to basic strivings in human existence (attachement, self affirmation, actualisation etc.). Also, I am interested in recent development in the psychodynamic tradition (self psychology (Kohut) and intersubjectivity (Stolorow and Atwood, Orange) and the relational trends (Mitchell, Aron). I know those are real strangers from the behavioral tradition but my value is trying to learn how to help my clients to grow and live a fuller life.

I find ACT and RFT very compelling and I would like to know if there are people interested in discussing the convergences, divergences between ACT, RFT and the humanistic and contempory psychoanalysis.

My english may be a little ackward cause my native langage is french. I am from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.