Moving From the Anxious Mind Toward Compassionate Thinking
By Dennis Tirch, PhD, ACT Trainer Anxiety, when it descends upon us, is all encompassing. Anxiety activates our…
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Letting Go of Being the Hero, Having the Answers, and Solving Problems in Session
By Jessica Borushok, PhD. ACT Trainer We’ve all been guilty of it. A client comes in with a problem
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Don’t Believe Everything You Think: What Is Defusion in ACT?
Last updated May 6 2026. By Kelly G. Wilson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Mississippi and
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Guiding Valued-Based Choices with RFT Theory and a Card Deck
By Chad Drake, PhD, assistant professor at Southern Illinois University Choices pervade our lives. Much of the time, the act
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How Avoiding Emotions Keeps Them at High Intensity
The following is an excerpt from Emotion Efficacy Therapy by Aprilia West, PsyD, MT, and Matthew McKay, PhD The normal
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5 Ways Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Improves Outcomes in Group Therapy
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) maximizes the change mechanisms of groups. When done well, ACT magnifies therapeutic change mechanisms inherent
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Acceptance and Commitment Training, Another Technology in the Behavior Analyst Tool Belt
by Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, PhD, and William B. Root Most behavior analysts learn very little in their graduate training about
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Positive and Negative Reinforcement in Context: A Look Inside Relational Frame Theory
Relational frame theory (RFT) posits that human actions never take place in a vacuum. There is always something preceding and something
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The Inner, the Outer, and the Soul: An Intro to Metaphor in Behavior Analysis
by Niklas Törneke, MD, author of Metaphor in Practice The main questions for behavior analysis are which factors, in a
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