John P. Forsyth, Ph.D.

John P. Forsyth, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Doctoral Training Program in Clinical Psychology, and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is a researcher, writer, clinical psychologist, and speaker. He has given talks and workshops to the public and professionals about the benefits of mindful acceptance, kindness and compassion, and how to live a valued life using the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach to psychological health and wellness.

He has published many articles about how excessive struggle with unpleasant thoughts and emotions feeds human suffering, and what mindfulness and acceptance can offer as a solution. He has been doing basic and applied work related to anxiety disorders and ACT for well over a decade. He is a clinical fellow of the Behavior Therapy and Research Society, serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals, and is associate editor of the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. He is coauthor of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner's Treatment Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Values-Based Behavior Change Strategies, ACT on Life, Not on Anger: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Problem Anger and The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: Break Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (New Harbinger). His work has helped foster growing international interest in acceptance and mindfulness approaches in psychology, mental health care, medicine, and society.

His PT blog is Peace of Mind.