DBT: Practical Skills for Everyday Living
Author: Shelly Frank, PhD On January 20th of this year, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the U.S., igniting…
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Using ACT To Evolve Society and Reduce Poverty
The following is an excerpt from The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our World by…
My Clients Are Doing Exposures and Still Getting Stuck!
Author: Patricia E. Zurita Ona, Psy.D., Dr. Z. Anya, a 26-year-old, was in charge of organizing the schedule for the…
How Good Are Your Empathy Skills… With Clients? And Loved Ones?
Author: David D. Burns, MD Most mental health professionals believe they are reasonably good at empathy. However, this is not…
What Does “Mastery” in ACT Mean?
In part 1 of this 7-part interview, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainers, Robyn Walser, PhD, and Emily Sandoz, PhD…
Magic ACT: Transforming Pain into Purpose
What if in the midst of our emotional pain, whether it be sadness, fear, anger, or even shame, we approached…
People Are Not Broken, Only Trapped
As long as people follow unworkable rules—no matter how much those rules are promoted by their culture—their coping strategies will…
I Attended an ACT Workshop for Behavior Analysts… Now What?
Since I first started doing acceptance and commitment training (ACT) workshops back in graduate school, attendees always seem to ask…
Observing and Defusing Thoughts with ACT
With virtually all clients, sooner or later difficult thoughts get in the way. They might be self-critical thoughts like “I’m…