Plenary Session:
Invited Address by Steven C. Hayes, PhD—

Soldiers of Compassion: What Psychotherapists Have That the World Needs (2115)

Friday, Aug. 7, 10:00–10:50 a.m., Room 801A

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the University of Nevada’s Department of Psychology. Author of 32 books and over 400 scientific articles, he has shown in his research how language and thought lead to human suffering. His “acceptance and commitment therapy,” a popular, empirically supported therapy method, is used in a wide variety of areas, as is his “relational frame theory,” a modern learning account of human cognition. His popular book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life was featured in Time magazine as well as other major media outlets. Dr. Hayes has been president of several scientific societies and has received numerous national awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy and the Exemplary Contributions to Basic Behavioral Research and Its Applications Award from APA’s Division 25. In 1992, the Institute for Scientific Information named him the 30th highest impact psychologist in the world.

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