Abstract
In utilising cognitive restructuring techniques to treat mental distress, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) highlight the causal relationship between perception and experience. CBT and ACT however presume there is a separation: that the occurrence of an emotion, event, or other reality exists apart from and independent of its observation. As such, CBT and ACT are ontologically dualistic. This paper reports on a possible non-dualistic alternative to these treatment programs. The potential alternative examined is A Course in Miracles (ACIM): a creed of non-dualism that contains a self-study program of 365 workbook lessons aimed at restoring mental health through reframing and discontinuing dualistic perception. Effectiveness of this alternative was evaluated through 33 one-on-one interviews with participants (sourced through ACIM Meetup groups) who had completed the ACIM Workbook component. Findings report significant positive change for all interviewees regarding their attitudinal, emotional, and social lived experience.
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