Building a Bridge Between Spirituality/Religion with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 179 - 200, 15.06.2022

Oğuzhan Yavuz

https://doi.org/10.37898/spc.2022.7.2.174

Abstract

This study provides a framework for acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and draws attention to the points that ACT shares with spiritual/religious traditions. The paper first presents the history of the theory, its view of human nature, its basic concepts, and the emergence of ACT while ACT’s theoretical foundations, functional analysis of behavior theory, relational framework theory, and functional contextualism theory are presented as tables. The paper then explains the shared points between ACT and spiritual/religious approaches and diScusses how basic processes of the two can be combined. It then considers the spiritual/religious-oriented methods and techniques that can be used in ACT. The conclusion highlights the differences between ACT and other therapy approaches and the themes it shares with spiritual/religious approaches. Drawing on this study and ACT philosophy, new models could be developed that take into account the Islamic belief system specific to Turkish culture.

Keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Spiritually-Oriented Psychological Counseling/Therapy, Integrative Approach, Spirituality

Kabul ve Kararlılık Terapisiyle Maneviyat/Din Arasında Köprü Kurmak

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı Kabul ve Karalılık Terapisi (Acceptance And Commitment Therapy- ACT) ile ilgili bir çerçeve sunmak ve ACT’ın manevi/dini gelenekler ile ortak olan noktalarına dikkat çekmektir. Çalışmada ilk olarak sırasıyla kuramın tarihçesine, insan doğasına bakışına, kullandığı temel kavramlara, ACT’ın ortaya çıkışına yer verilmiştir. Devamında ACT’ın kuramsal temellerini oluşturan; Davranışın İşlevsel Analizi, İlişkisel Çerçeve kuramı ve İşlevsel Bağlamsalcılık kuramları tablo halinde sunulmuştur. Ardından ACT’ın manevi/dini yaklaşımlarla ortak noktalarına değinilmiştir. ACT ile Manevi/dini geleneklerin ortak yönleri arasında ilişkiler kurulduktan sonra ACT temel süreçleriyle manevi/dini uygulamalar birleştirilip sunulmuştur. Devamında ACT’ta kullanılabilecek manevi/dini yönelimli yöntem ve tekniklerden bahsedilmiştir. Sonuç kısmında ACT’ın diğer terapi yaklaşımlarından farklılaşan noktalarına, manevi/dini yaklaşımlarla olan ortak temalarına değinilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın devamında ACT temel felsefesinden yola çıkılarak kültürümüze özgü İslam inanç sistemini dikkate alan yeni modellerin geliştirilebileceği düşünülmektedir.

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