Recommended Readings

• Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1(1), 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1968.1-91

• Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Wilson, K. G. (2012). Contextual Behavioral Science: Creating a science more adequate to the challenge of the human condition. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 1, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2012.09.004

• Harris, R. (2006). Embracing your demons: An overview of acceptance and commitment therapy. Psychotherapy in Australia, 12(4). https://www.actmindfully.com.au/upimages/Dr_Russ_Harris_-_A_Non-technical_Overview_of_ACT.pdf

• Wilson, K. G., Sandoz, E. K., Slater, R. M. (in press). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. In Social Workers' Desk Reference, A. R. Roberts (Ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://www.academia.edu/17983176/Acceptance_and_Commitment_Therapy

• Ramnerö, J., & Törneke, N. (2008). The ABCs of human behavior: Behavioral principles for the practicing clinician. New Harbinger Publications. https://www.newharbinger.com/9781608824342/the-abcs-of-human-behavior/

• Harris, R. (2008). The happiness trap: How to stop struggling and start living. Trumpeter Books. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61062151-the-happiness-trap

• Hayes, S. C., Hayes, L. J., & Reese, H. W. (1988). Finding the philosophical core: A review of Stephen C. Pepper’s World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 50(1), 97–111. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1988.50-97 

• Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Roche, B. (Eds.). (2001). Relational frame theory: A post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2407(02)80063-5

• Clayton, M. C., Hayes, L. J., & Swain, M. A. (2005). The nature and value of scientific system building: The case of interbehaviorism. The Psychological Record, 55, 335-359. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395515

• DeBernardis, G. M., Hayes, L. J., & Fryling, M. J. (2014). Perspective taking as a continuum. The Psychological Record, 64, 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0008-0

• Delprato, D. J. (1979). The interbehavioral alternative to brain-dogma. The Psychological Record, 29, 409-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394629

• Finn, M., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2021). In support of reacquainting functional contextualism and interbehaviorism. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 19, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.11.001

• Fryling, M. J. (2012). Relational responding as a psychological event. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 12(1), 85-96. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/560/56023335006.pdf

• Fryling, M. J. (2016). A developmental-behavioral analysis of lying. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 16(1), 13-22. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/560/56046596002.pdf

• Fryling, M. J., & Hayes, L. J. (2010). An interbehavioral analysis of memory. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 11(1), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2010.11434334

• Fryling, M. J., & Hayes, L. J. (2014). An interbehavioral investigation of remembering interactions. The Psychological Record, 64, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0011-5

• Hayes, L. J., & Fryling, M. J. (2009). Overcoming the Pseudo-Problem of Private Events in the Analysis of Behavior. Behavior and Philosophy, 37, 39–57. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41472421

• Hayes, L. J., & Fryling, M. J. (2009). Toward an interdisciplinary science of culture. The Psychological Record, 59, 679-700. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395687

• Hayes, L. J., & Fryling, M. J. (2014). Motivation in behavior analysis: A critique. The Psychological Record, 64, 339-347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0025-z 

• Hayes, L. J., & Fryling, M. (2018). Psychological Events as Integrated Fields. The Psychological Record, 68, 273–277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-018-0274-3

• Hayes, L. J., & Fryling, M. J. (2023). Interbehaviorism: A Comprehensive Guide to the Foundations of Kantor's Theory and Its Applications for Modern Behavior Analysis. New Harbinger Publications

• Kantor, J. R. (1945). Psychology and logic, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1037/13557-000

• Kantor, J. R. (1970). An analysis of the experimental analysis of behavior (TEAB). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of behavior, 13(1), 101. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1970.13-101

• Midgley, B. D., & Morris, E. K. (1988). The integrated field: An alternative to the behavior-analytic conceptualization of behavioral units. The Psychological Record, 38(4), 483–500. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395041

• Midgley, B. D., & Morris, E. K. (Eds.). (2006). Modern perspectives on J.R. Kantor and interbehaviorism. Context Press.

• Moore, J. (1984). Conceptual contributions of Kantor’s interbehavioral psychology. The Behavior Analyst, 7, 183-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391901

• Morris, E. K., Higgins, S. T., & Bickel, W. K. (1982). The influence of Kantor’s interbehavioral psychology on behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 5, 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392384 

• Peña-Correal, T. E. (2018). Kantor’s interbehaviorism in Colombia. The Psychological Record, 68, 279-283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-018-0293-0 

• Ruben, D. H. (1986). The “interbehavioral” approach to treatment. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 16(1), 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00946166 

• Sandoz, E. K. (2020). Interbehavior as a clinical focus in CBS: A response to Hayes and Fryling (2019). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 273-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.10.006

• Smith, N. W. (1984). Fundamentals of interbehavioral psychology. The Psychological Record, 34, 479-494. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394893 

• Barnes-Holmes, D., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Cullinan, V. (2000). Relational frame theory and Skinner’s Verbal Behavior: A possible synthesis. The Behavior Analyst, 23, 69-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392000

• Cassidy, S., Roche, B., & O’Hora, D. (2010). Relational frame theory and human intelligence. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 11(1), 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2010.11434333

• Ming, S., Gould, E., & Fiebig, J. H. (2023). Understanding and applying relational frame theory: Mastering the foundations of complex language in our work and lives as behavior analysts. New Harbinger Publications.  

• Perez, W. F. (2023). Skinner and relational frame theory: Integrating units of analysis on a continuum of complexity. The Psychological Record, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-023-00559-9

• Stewart, I., McElwee, J., & Ming, S. (2013). Language generativity, response generalization, and derived relational responding. The Analysis of verbal behavior, 29, 137-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393131 

See also: Level Readings

• Sandoz, E. K., & DuFrene, T. (2014). Living with your body and other things you hate: How to let go of your struggle with body image using acceptance and commitment therapy. New Harbinger Publications.

• Wilson, K. G. (2009). Mindfulness for two: An acceptance and commitment therapy approach to mindfulness in psychotherapy. New Harbinger Publications

• McLoughlin, S., & Roche, B. T. (2023). ACT: A process-based therapy in search of a process. Behavior Therapy, 54(6), 939-955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.07.010  

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• Bonnelle, V., Feilding, A., Rosas, F. E., Nutt, D. J., Carhart-Harris, R. L., & Timmermann, C. (2024). Autonomic Nervous System activity correlates with peak experiences induced by DMT and predicts increases in wellbeing. bioRxiv, 2024-03. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.19.585567

• Davis, A. K., Xin, Y., Sepeda, N., & Averill, L. A. (2023). Open-label study of consecutive ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT assisted-therapy for trauma-exposed male Special Operations Forces Veterans: prospective data from a clinical program in Mexico. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 49(5), 587-596. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2023.2220874

• Greenstein, K. (2024). Why does it (still) feel like a lot of people don’t really care about addressing the problem of exploitative and abusive therapists in psychedelic therapy? Medium. https://medium.com/@kgreenstien/why-does-it-still-feel-like-a-lot-of-people-dont-really-care-about-addressing-the-problem-of-e48d30030742

• Gründer, G., Brand, M., Mertens, L. J., Jungaberle, H., Kärtner, L., Scharf, D. J., ... & Wolff, M. (2024). Treatment with psychedelics is psychotherapy: Beyond reductionism. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11(3), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00363-2

• Hausfeld, R. (2024). Building Better Killing Machines — With Ecstasy!: Rick Doblin, the pioneer of MDMA therapy, advocates for dosing soldiers upon enlistment. Truthdig. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/building-better-killing-machines-with-ecstasy/

• Koenigshofer, Kenneth. Between-Neuron Communication — Synaptic Transmission https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Courses/Sacramento_City_College/Psyc_310%3A_Biological_Psychology_(Keys)/05%3A_Communication_within_the_Nervous_System/5.03%3A_Between-Neuron_Communicaton-_Synaptic_Transmission

• Kuntz, L. (2024). FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to MM-120 for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/fda-grants-breakthrough-designation-to-mm-120-for-generalized-anxiety-disorder

• Lear, M. K., Smith, S. M., Pilecki, B., Stauffer, C. S., & Luoma, J. B. (2023). Social anxiety and MDMA-assisted therapy investigation: A novel clinical trial protocol. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1083354. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1083354

• Levin, A. W., Lancelotta, R., Sepeda, N. D., Gukasyan, N., Nayak, S., Wagener, T. L., ... & Davis, A. K. (2024). The therapeutic alliance between study participants and intervention facilitators is associated with acute effects and clinical outcomes in a psilocybin-assisted therapy trial for major depressive disorder. PloS one, 19(3), e0300501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300501

• Luoma, J. B., Shahar, B., Kati Lear, M., Pilecki, B., & Wagner, A. (2022). Potential processes of change in MDMA‐Assisted therapy for social anxiety disorder: Enhanced memory reconsolidation, self‐transcendence, and therapeutic relationships. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 37(3), e2824. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2824

• Luoma, J., Allen, L. R., Gold, V., & Stauffer, C. (2024). Getting in Touch with Touch: The Importance of Studying Touch in Mdma-assisted Therapy and the Development of a New Self-report Measure. Psychedelic Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1089/psymed.2023.0033

• Lyu, J., Kapolka, N., Gumpper, R., Alon, A., Wang, L., Jain, M. K., ... & Roth, B. L. (2023). AlphaFold2 structures template ligand discovery. bioRxiv, 2023-12. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.20.572662

• Simonsson, O., Mosing, M. A., Osika, W., Ullén, F., Larsson, H., Lu, Y., & Wesseldijk, L. W. (2024). Adolescent psychedelic use and psychotic or manic symptoms. JAMA psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.0047

• Simonsson, O., Osika, W., Stenfors, C. U., Goldberg, S. B., Honk, L., & Hendricks, P. S. (2024). Longitudinal associations between psychedelic use and meditation practices in the United States and the United Kingdom. Psychological Medicine, 54(6), 1228-1234. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723003082

• Sloshower, J., Zeifman, R. J., Guss, J., Krause, R., Safi-Aghdam, H., Pathania, S., ... & D’Souza, D. C. (2024). Psychological flexibility as a mechanism of change in psilocybin-assisted therapy for major depression: results from an exploratory placebo-controlled trial. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 8833. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58318-x

• Zeifman, R. J., Wagner, A. C., Monson, C. M., & Carhart-Harris, R. L. (2023). How does psilocybin therapy work? An exploration of experiential avoidance as a putative mechanism of change. Journal of Affective Disorders, 334, 100-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.105

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• Davis, L. C., Diianni, A. T., Drumheller, S. R., Elansary, N. N., D'Ambrozio, G. N., Herrawi, F., Piper, B. J., & Cosgrove, L. (2024). Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5-TR: cross sectional analysis. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 384, e076902. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076902

• Dettmering, J., & Hodzic, T. (2024). Avoiding Abuse of Power: A Case for Compassionate, Participant-Centered Research. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-024-00925-1

• Hineline, P. N. (1980). The language of behavior analysis: Its community, its functions, and its limitations. Behaviorism, 8(1), 67-86. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27758952

• Kullasepp, K. (2011). Creating My Own Way of Being a Psychologist. The Japanese Journal of Personality, 19, 217-232. https://doi.org/10.2132/personality.19.217

• Lynch, T. R., Chapman, A. L., Rosenthal, M. Z., Kuo, J. R., & Linehan, M. M. (2006). Mechanisms of change in dialectical behavior therapy: Theoretical and empirical observations. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(4), 459-480. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20243

• Moses, K., Gonsalvez, C. J., & Meade, T. (2023). Barriers to the use of exposure therapy by psychologists treating anxiety, obsessive‐compuslive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder in an Australian sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(4), 1156-1165. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23470

• Nissen-Lie, H. A., Rønnestad, M. H., Høglend, P. A., Havik, O. E., Solbakken, O. A., Stiles, T. C., & Monsen, J. T. (2017). Love Yourself as a Person, Doubt Yourself as a Therapist?. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 24(1), 48–60. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.1977

• Sahdra, B. K., King, G., Payne, J. S., Ruiz, F. J., Kolahdouzan, S. A., Ciarrochi, J., & Hayes, S. C. (2024). Why Research from Lower-and Middle-Income Countries Matters to Evidence-Based Intervention: ACT Research as an Example. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vzep5

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