“…Such acceptance-based interventions are posited to have the following beneficial consequences: (1) weakening of the relations between overt environmental , cognitive, physiological, & emotional stimuli and (2) increase in an individual’s ability to focus on and engage in behaviors consistent with his or her long-term values. Over 70 empirical studies provide empirical support for RFT’s basic tenets (for a review, see Hayes et al, 2001 and for recent empirical articles, see Gorham, Barnes-Holmes, Barnes-Holmes, & Berens, 2009; Lipkens & Hayes, 2009; O’Hora, Peláez, Barnes-Holmes, Robinson, & Chaudhary, 2008; Villatte, Monestès, McHugh, Freixa i Baqué, & Loas, 2010; Vitale, Barnes-Holmes, Barnes-Holmes, & Campbell, 2008; Weinstein, Wilson, Drake, & Kellum, 2008). …”