Improvement of Mental Health and Body Awareness through Third Wave Therapies

Dear Colleagues,

Psychotherapy is not something that is set in stone. Like many other fields of science, behavior therapy has changed over the last few decades. Third-wave cognitive-behavioral therapies are a group of emerging approaches that prioritize health over dysfunction, focus on context over just identifying psychopathological problems in the client, and emphasize experiential change strategies more than direct or didactic ones.

The aim of this Special Issue is to update our knowledge about these therapies, their different components, the instruments to evaluate them and their numerous applications. We welcome papers that address any of the third-generation therapies: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, and Behavioral Activation, among others. Likewise, we do not limit the fields of application to clinical and health, but additionally open them to education, sports, sexuality, and more. In this sense, experimental and correlational studies, case studies and even systematic review studies could prove to be fruitful.

Dr. Cristina Petisco-Rodríguez
Dr. Laura C. Sánchez-Sánchez
Dr. José Manuel García-Montes
Guest Editors

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