Five rules for FAP (Functional analytic psychotherapy) – Mavis Tsai

Functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) is a therapeutic approach that focuses on using the therapeutic relationship as a central means to promote meaningful and lasting behavioural change.

In this short video taken from our Expert tips for ACT playlist from our YouTube channel Mavis Tsai gives us her 5 rules from Mavis Tsai that can deepen this therapist-client relationship:

1. 1. Be aware of clinically relevant behaviours (CRBs)
   2. Be courageous and evocative 
   3. Reinforce progress genuinely 
   4. Be aware of your own impact 
   5. Generalise gains to daily life 

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MAVIS TSAI is a clinical psychologist and senior research scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for Science of Social Connection. She is the co-creator, with the late Robert Kohlenberg, PhD, ABPP, of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), a treatment that harnesses the power of the therapeutic relationship to transform clients’ lives.