Steven C. Hayes
Biography
Steven C.
Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada.
An author of thirty-four books and more than 470 scientific articles, he has shown in his research how language and thought leads to human suffering, and cofounded ACT, a powerful therapy method that is useful in a wide variety of areas.
Hayes has been president of several scientific societies and has received several national awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.
He runs the leading Ph.
D program in Behavior Analysis, and coined the term Clinical Behavior Analysis.
He is known for devising a behavior analysis of human language and cognition called Relational Frame Theory, and its clinical application to various psychological difficulties, such as anxiety.
Hayes has been President of Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, of the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (now known as the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies), and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
He was the first Secretary-Treasurer of the American Psychological Society (now known as the Association for Psychological Science), which he helped form.
Hayes' work is somewhat controversial, particularly with his coined term "Relational Frame Theory" to describe stimulus equivalent research in relation to an elaborate form of B.
Skinner's Verbal Behavior (also referred to as verbal operants).
An author of 38 books and 550 articles, in 1992 he was listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as the 30th "highest impact" psychologist in the world during 1986-1990 based on the citation impact of his writings during that period.
According to Time columnist John Cloud, "Steven Hayes is at the top of his field.
A past president of the distinguished Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, he has written or co-written some 300 peer-reviewed articles and 27 books.
Few psychologists are so well published".
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- Gender
- Male
- Birth date
- 25 June 2025
- Nationality
- United States
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- We can have a large impact on the prevention and amelioration of abuse, drug problems, violence, mental health problems, and dysfunction in families. .
Movies
The Acting Dead
2014
An irate horror film director squabbles with an audacious extra who has a hard time finding his muse as a corpse..
The Rib Thief
2014
Kill Switch
2008
A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers..
Finesse
2003
Books
Liberated Mind
Steven C. Hayes
in all my years studying personal growth, acceptance and commitment therapy is one of the most useful tools i've ever come across, and in this book, dr.
Una mente liberada
Steven C. Hayes
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition
Steven C. Hayes
Since the original publication of this seminal work, acceptance and commitment therapy (act) has come into its own as a widely practiced approach to helping people change.
Akzeptanz- & Commitment-Therapie
Steven C. Hayes
Sal de tu mente, entra en tu vida
Steven C. Hayes
Get ready to take a different perspective on your problems and your life—and the way you live it.
Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Steven C. Hayes
This volume is the most practical clinical guide on acceptance and commitment therapy (act) yet available.
Relational Frame Theory
Steven C. Hayes
Rule-Governed Behavior
Steven C. Hayes
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Steven C. Hayes
Most therapists and clients believe that a more vital life can be attained by overcoming negative thoughts and feelings.
Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Steven C. Hayes
This book is the most practical clinical guide on acceptance and commit- ment therapy (act said as one word, not as initials) yet available.
ACT Verbatim for Depression and Anxiety
Steven C. Hayes
This collection of transcripts, organized and annotated by michael p.
Acceptance And Mindfulness at Work
Steven C. Hayes
'acceptance and mindfulness at work' presents behavioural analysis of human language that's ready to use, with applied extensions proven to have a significant impact in organisational settings..
Scientific Standards of Psychological Practice
Steven C. Hayes
Applied psychological research is worthless unless it is used in practice, but getting research information out to the practicing community is a real challenge.
Acceptance And Mindfulness at Work
Steven C. Hayes
An innovative and effective approach to organizational behavioral management despite more than 40 years of empirical and conceptual research, the contribution of behavior analysis to the world of business remains relatively small and organizat.
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
Steven C. Hayes
Get ready to take a different perspective on your problems and your life?
Get out of your mind and into your life: The new acceptance & commitment therapy
Steven C. Hayes
Get ready to take a different perspective on your problems and your life?
Get Out of Your Mind and into Your Life
Steven C. Hayes
This book develops acceptance and commitment therapy (act), a revolutionary and exciting new direction in psychotherapy, into step-by-step exercises readers can use to get relief from emotional pain.
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
Steven C. Hayes
Get ready to take a different perspective on your problems and your life—and the way you live it.
Mindfulness and Acceptance
Steven C. Hayes
This volume examines the role of mindfulness principles and practices in a range of well-established cognitive and behavioral treatment approaches.
Rule-Governed Behavior
Steven C. Hayes
Behavior analytic research on rule-governed behavior was first gathered in this book in 1989.
Relational Frame Theory
Steven C. Hayes
This volume goes beyond theory and gives the empirical and conceptual tools to conduct an experimental analysis of virtually every substantive topic in human language and cognition, both basic and applied.
Relational Frame Theory
Steven C. Hayes
Human language and our use of it to communicate or to understand the world requires deriving relations among events: for example, if a=b and a=c, then b=c.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Steven C. Hayes
The prevailing view among therapists as well as clients is that a more vital life can be attained by overcoming negative thoughts and feelings.
The scientist practitioner
Steven C. Hayes
Prescription Privileges for Psychologists
Steven C. Hayes
Even with the decisions by new mexico and louisiana to grant prescription privileges to psychologists and other states considering whether to follow suit, the debate over this issue is still very much alive and hotly contested.
Prescription privileges for psychologists
Steven C. Hayes
Even with the decisions by new mexico and louisiana to grant prescription privileges to psychologists and other states considering whether to follow suit, the debate over this issue is still very much alive and hotly contested.
Scientific Standards of Psychological Practice
Steven C. Hayes
Applied psychological research is worthless unless it is used in practice, but getting research information out to the practicing community is a real challenge.
Scientific standards of psychological practice
Steven C. Hayes
Applied psychological research is worthless unless it is used in practice, but getting research information out to the practicing community is a real challenge.
Acceptance and Change
Steven C. Hayes
Behavior Analysis of Language & Cognition
Steven C. Hayes
Behavior analysis of language and cognition, originating from the fourth international institute on verbal relations, provides a contemporary look at the nature of stimulus relations and verbal events and their impact on cognitive activity.
Rule-Governed Behavior
Steven C. Hayes
Animal learning and human learning traditions have been distinguishable within psychology since the start of the discipline and are to this day.
Rule-governed behavior
Steven C. Hayes
Animal learning and human learning traditions have been distinguishable within psychology since the start of the discipline and are to this day.
Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life
Steven C. Hayes Ph.D.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (act) is a new approach to psychotherapy that rethinks even our most basic assumptions of mental well-being.
