The Bully and the Compassionate Teacher
Many of my clients believe that they need to be harshly self-critical if they’re going to better themselves: that if…
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Compassion Gives Us Courage
Let us look at how the activation of your threatened mind might result in a different experience than the activation
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A Meditation for Overcoming Substance Abuse
A Meditation with Kelly Wilson for Overcoming Substance Abuse The following passage is from the transcript of Kelly Wilson’s Jan.
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Using Mindfulness to Settle into Change
Most ACT protocols are laid out in a somewhat linear fashion. In the original ACT book (Hayes et al., 1999),
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How is RO-DBT different from DBT?
Developed by Marsha Linehan, PhD, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral treatment that was originally developed to treat
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Fostering Awareness, Compassion, and Courage When Working with Gender and Sexual Minorities
Research shows that gender and sexual minorities experience more mental health problems than their heterosexual cis-gender (when assigned sex at birth matches
Coming Out and Facing Rejection: An ACT Case Study
The following is an example of how [Matthew Skinta, PhD, ABPP] used ACT principles to reduce suffering and promote resilience
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ACT Trainer Matt Boone on Defusion
Matt S. Boone, LCSW, teaches acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) at the School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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What I Left in Tampa: A Report from ACT BootCamp
With no previous ACT training, I attended ACT BootCamp Tampa in November along with a diverse mix of mental health
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