Deliberately Practicing the Shaping of Psychological Flexibility On-The-Fly
Author: Lou Lasprugato, MFT My graduate school training at Lesley University was rooted in the philosophy of “self-as-instrument” with regards…
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Improving Relationships With Self-Compassion
If you find it hard to be compassionate toward your own struggles, then you need to develop compassionate self-awareness. Each…
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…
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: 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…
Q&A: JoAnne Dahl, PhD, coauthor of ACT and RFT in Relationships
JoAnne Dahl, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in behavioral medicine and a co-author of many books, including the recently…