ACT Can Help You Do More With What You Have
ACT BootCamp® is a 4-day, live intensive training that is designed to familiarize clinicians with the core concepts of Acceptance…
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A Helpful Metaphor for Clients with Trauma
Individuals with PTSD experience a great deal of pain. They have survived something horrific, the effects of which they feel…
Imagination and Metaphor: Why ACT is a Perfect Fit for Kids
Editor’s note: The following is an interview with Christopher McCurry, PhD, a clinical child psychologist in private practice specializing in…
Is Self-Compassion More Important than Self-Esteem?
Editor’s note: This post is written by Steven C. Hayes, PhD, co-founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and author of many…
Two Methods for Fostering Psychological Flexibility with Compassion
Authors: Dennis Tirch, PhD, and Laura Silberstein-Tirch, PsyD, authors of The ACT Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Compassion Compassion…
Final Notes on The Use of Metaphor in Psychotherapy
In acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), it is understood that over-identification with literal language can lead to psychological inflexibility, which…
Why ACT is so Well-Suited to Social Work
Editor’s note: The following was adapted from the edited volume, Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work, edited by Matthew S. Boone, LCSW.…
Q&A: Kevin Polk, PhD, and Benjamin Schoendorff, MA, MSc, editors of The ACT Matrix
Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part Q&A with the editors of The ACT Matrix: A new Approach to…
Q&A: JoAnne Dahl, PhD, Part Two
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part Q&A with one of the authors of ACT and RFT in…