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Learning the Matrix. Printer-friendly versionSend by email The Matrix is a simple method for teaching clients to understand the function of their behaviors (e.g., avoidance/escape versus moving toward values) as well as discriminate between events within and outside the skin (e.g., mental experiencing and direct experience).
It was created by Kevin Polk, Mark Webster, and Jerold Hambright. Here are links to three videos (on Youtube) that details the Matrix and demonstrates how to use it. Kevin Polk's ACT - the Matrix: Functional Contextualism. The Matrix began as a PowerPoint (Keynote) slide show about Functional Contextualism (FC).
Root Metaphor FC is the philosophy of science at the root of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Relational Frame Theory (RFT). All philosophies have a Root Metaphor, and the root metaphor for FC is "The act in context. "