Relationships With Emotionally Immature Parents: Defining Realistic Expectations
Although we’re accustomed to thinking of grown-ups as more mature than their children, what if some sensitive children come into…
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MANY VOICES 21: Interview With Lisa Coyne and Evelyn Gould (Part 1 of 4)
In this first segment of this 4-part discussion, Lisa and Evelyn discuss how they began bringing acceptance and commitment therapy…
How I Get By With a Little Help From The Avengers
Have you ever had a client that you were sure you wouldn’t be able to build a rapport with no…
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…
ACT as a Dance: Gliding With Your Clients Toward Psychological Flexibility
ACT co-founder Steven C. Hayes, PhD leading an experiential exercise at an ACT 2 training, 2017 By: D.J. Moran, PhD;…
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…
Q&A: Editors of The ACT Matrix, Part Two
Editor’s Note: This is the second half of a two-part Q&A with the editors of The ACT Matrix: A new Approach…