Intensive outpatient acceptance and commitment therapy with exposure and response prevention for adolescents

Effects of acceptance-based strategies on psychological responses to disorder-relevant stimuli in inpatients with obsessive–compulsive disorder: An experimental study

“…Instead, ERP within an ACT framework emphasizes willingness to experience anxiety as the main process of change, that is, accepting inner experiences to occur without taking steps to regulate or control them (Twohig et al, 2015). As with general ACT for OCD, there are some case studies suggesting that ACT combined with ERP successfully reduces obsessivecompulsive symptoms (Capel et al, in press;Laurito et al, 2022;Petersen et al, 2022). In a randomized controlled trial, however, both ERP and ACT combined with ERP were equally effective in reducing obsessive-compulsive symptoms (Twohig et al, 2018).…”