Tag Archive for: Sue Orsillo
Experiential Avoidance of Thoughts and Feelings is Unhealthy
Psychologist Steven Hayes popularized the term experiential avoidance, which is a term that originated in contextual behavioral science research. It refers to a common psychological pattern to which we are all susceptible: the attempt to avoid…
Psychotherapy, Mental Practices, Core Beliefs, & Moods
Why people seek psychotherapy
According to psychologists Dr. Liz Roemer and Dr. Sue Orsillo
, the most common complaints people bring into their psychotherapy sessions have as their root cause cognitive fusion, lack of acceptance of self…
Why Suffer Unnecessarily?
In Mindfulness-and Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies in Practice, research psychologists Lizabeth Roemer and Susan Orsillo
teach that unnecessary suffering results from three related mechanisms:
1. An unhealthy relationship to our…