Hi,

Maybe the question can be solved by adding, to the text underneath, a
specification like: "However, recent developments within behavior
therapy, including Functional Analytic Psychotherapy and Acceptance
and Commitment Therapy have been explicitly build upon a behavior
analytic approach to private events. They are grouped under the term
Clinical Behavior Analysis."

--- In functionalanalyticpsychotherapy@yahoogroups.com,
<jcautill@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> This quote is from the ABA site at
> http://www.abainternational.org/BA/FAQ11.asp
>
> "Are behavior therapists the same as applied behavior
> analysts? There are similarities between the two, but the
> terms are not synonymous. Behavior therapists tend to accept
> the underlying assumptions of behavior analysis. However,
> they tend to use Pavlovian procedures and focus on problems
> involving covert behavior, such as anxiety disorders,
> depression, and unwanted thoughts and feelings. Applied
> behavior analysts tend to use procedures based on operant
> procedures and tend to focus on overt (publicly observable)
> behavior."
>
>
> My issue is this and it might be a minor one. (1) No mention
> of the words clinical behavior analysis, FAP, or ACT (2) do
> we focus on problems involving depression, anxiety, etc? I
> think that this could be better worded. I think this is what
> happens when the majority of a group is focused on DD and not
> MH issues. However, I believe if we are to grow as a
> discipline, ABA needs to be an inclusive tent...
>
> Joe
>