![]() ![]() These behaviors are seen as the natural result of one’s history and were once adaptive and necessary, but are no longer working. The contextual framework facilitates a compassionate view of a client’s daily life problems and actions. ![]() FAP Has a Concise Conceptual Framework Rooted in Contextual Behavioral TheoryĬontrary to widespread notions that behaviorism is a relatively impersonal approach to treating simple problems, FAP's contextual behavioral conceptual framework facilitates an intensive, emotional, and in-depth therapy experience. FAP’s unique contributions may stem from the application of behavioral concepts that suggest novel and more precise interventions therapists can employ in-session to create powerful and intense relationships that have measureable positive effects on client interpersonal problems, defined individually for each client (Tsai, Yard & Kohlenberg, 2014). Similar to other relational approaches, a fundamental assertion of FAP is that the therapeutic relationship is the primary curative aspect of treatment. While earlier forms of FAP did not specify specific targets of treatment, current forms of FAP are incorporating a model of social connection derived from multiple sources, including social-cognitive research, neuroscience, and behavior analysis, that emphasizes three inter-related behavioral processes labelled awareness, courage (related often to vulnerable self-expression) and love (related to loving responsiveness to one’s self and others). ![]() al., 2010).įunctional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) is a contextual, behavioral, relational approach to psychotherapy in which therapists focus on what happens in session between the client and therapist to shape the interpersonal behaviors, emotional awareness, and self-expression necessary for clients to create and maintain close relationships and to live meaningful lives (Kohlenberg & Tsai, 1991 Tsai et al., 2009 Tsai, Callaghan & Kohlenberg, 2013). Loneliness and poor social connection represent a significant public health concern, increasing risk of death as much as excessive cigarette smoking, more than excessive drinking and obesity (Holt-Lunstad et. Close relationships are central to mental health (Wetterneck & Hart, 2012). ![]()
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