Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Part 1 with Brian Middleton | TBT

Discover what’s possible when you beard the lion in his den.

Brian Middleton is an Autistic Self-Advocate, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and the creator of the Bearded Behaviorist, an initiative dedicated to the dissemination of behavior science and the inclusion of trauma-informed care standards in applied behavior analysis and other human services.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What it was like for Brian to be bullied in school
• Why he decided to enter the field of behavior analysis
• The basic components of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Relational Frame Theory and its connection to ACT
• The intersection of ACT and Behavior Analysis

This episode with Brian Middleton was originally released on October 22, 2020.

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