ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the interface and contribution of Adaptive Counseling and Therapy (ACT) to a cognitive-behavioral orientation. It describes the general characteristics of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and relates to ACT. The chapter suggests that ACT can assist the CBT therapist in selecting and timing his or her interventions effectively and in assessing and resolving therapeutic impasses. It demonstrates this interface between ACT and CBT in a case of inappropriate anger. Intervention will be conceptualized within CBT principles and strategies. Although CBT principles guided intervention, ACT principles consistently helped guide the style and timing of CBT intervention components. Particularly important were the principles of assessing client readiness on each therapeutic task and matching and moving therapist style to client readiness on each therapeutic task. These two principles helped guide the style and timing of CBT intervention components.
