Sven Rydberg

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Sven Rydberg
Consultant
Fahraeus & Rydberg, Ltd.
Stockholm
Sweden

ACT Therapist

Site member for: 4 years 42 weeks

Contact Information

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • ACT Background and Training

RFT and ACT literature + long-time listserve participant & contributor.
Experiential Workshop, with Kelly Wilson, Uppsala, Sweden, 2002.
Experiential Workshop, with Steven Hayes & Jacqueline Pistorello, 2003.
Participant, 1st World ACT&RFT Conference, Linköping, Sweden, 2003.
2005 Autumn Institute, Bournemouth, England, Oct. 2005.
Participant, 2nd World ACT&RFT Conference, London, UK, 2006; and 3rd World ACT&RFT Conference, Enschede, Holland, July, 2009. Workshop led by Kirk Strosahl on suicidal clients, Copenhagen, Sept. 2009.

  • ACT Experience

Since 2001, increasingly branching out from C&BT. Invited speaker, 3rd World ACT&RFT Conference, Enschede, Holland, July, 2009

  • Specialties

Anxiety, relaxation, stress management, smoking cessation

  • Types of Clients

Self-referred private-practice clients, speaking Swedish or English

  • Licensure/Certification

Certified Psychologist, Sweden

  • Additional Information

On clients: Mostly adults. Drug abusers are ordinarily referred elsewhere.
Persons mentioning persecution ideas are ordinarily not accepted.
On my C&BT practice: Since 1970's.
Research: Psychometrics, 1950's & 60's; cognition 1960's & 70's.
University employment 1957-98: Stockholm U; Abo Academy, Finland; UCLA & UCB, Calif. USA.
Current research: "Vitalizing Elders", monograph to be published 2010.

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ACBS Charter Member