Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies in Practice

Lizabeth Roemer, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts - Boston, where she is actively involved in research and clinical training of doctoral students in clinical psychology. Her research examines basic processes that may underlie clinical problems, such as the role of emotional acceptance, emotional suppression, emotion regulatory strategies, and mindfulness in a range of clinical presentations. She has published over 60 journal articles and book chapters and has coedited two books. Susan M. Orsillo, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her current research focuses on the role of emotional response styles, most notably experiential avoidance, in potentially maintaining psychological difficulties. In collaboration with her doctoral students in clinical psychology, she has developed and tested a number of prevention and treatment programs that integrate acceptance and mindfulness with evidence-based behavioral approaches. Dr. Orsillo is the author of over 60 journal articles and book chapters, and coeditor of two books. Together, Drs. Roemer and Orsillo have developed an acceptance-based behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder and are currently examining its efficacy and mediators and moderators of change in a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.