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The ABCs of ACT : Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
As one of the postmodern behavioral approaches, ACT is being evaluated as another short-term intervention in a variety of populations seen by social workers. Evolution of ACT Psychodynamic approaches...
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) teaches mindfulness skills to help individuals live and behave in ways consistent with personal values while developing psychological flexibility. Practitioners...
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Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT) For Obsessive-Compulsive And Related...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is considered a hybrid of traditional cognitive-behavioral therapies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is useful for many types of psychological problems. With...
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Embracing Your Demons: An Overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Imagine a therapy that makes no attempt to reduce symptoms, but gets symptom reduction as a by-product. A therapy firmly based in the tradition of empirical science, yet has a major emphasis on...
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The Punk Counsellor Using his DIY Ethic to Promote Mental Health and Wellbeing
Peer counsellor and punk Craig Lewis suffered three decades of unnecessary medication and abuse at the hands of the psychiatric system. Today, he offers young punks struggling with mental health...
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The Mental Health Zines Filling the Gap that Therapy Doesn’t
From empathetic illustrations to helpful tips – here is a definitive list of the best DIY resources for self-care, support and intersectional debate. At the intersection of self-advocacy and...
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Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up
Screw ups, disasters, misfires, flops. Why losing big can be a winning strategy. It all started with the sound of static. In May 1964, two astronomers at Bell Labs, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson,...
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If You’re Too Busy to Meditate, Read This
This morning, like every morning, I sat cross-legged on a cushion on the floor, rested my hands on my knees, closed my eyes, and did nothing but breathe for 20 minutes. People say the hardest part...
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People are Making Themselves Miserable by Trying Too Hard to be Happy
A growing body of research suggests that striving for happiness as an end in itself can be self-defeating. In fact, the more we pursue it, the less likely it is that we’ll actually experience...
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Here is Why You Should Never Think You Are Falling Behind in Life
It’s easy to feel like you are falling behind in life. That people are passing you by and that you are not accomplishing everything that you set out to, or that your goals are getting further and...
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How to Stop Being Overwhelmed at Work: Six Techniques for Beating Stress
When you are feeling overwhelmed at work, it is important find out why you feel that way. Do you have too many responsibilities, or feel there are too few hours in the day? Is your boss piling on the...
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11 Thinks Others Don’t Realize You Are Doing Because of Having Anxiety
Anxiety can be very harmful and it’s not something to be overlooked. The worst problem is that a lot of people can’t understand the effects it can have on a person and find anxious people as being...
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Changing Your Life Is Easier Than You Think — Psychologist’s Advice
When Sheryl Sandberg’s husband died unexpectedly two years ago, she was devastated. In her new book Option B, coauthored with organizational psychologist Adam Grant, Sandberg recounts her process of...
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This ONE Fear Is at The Root of Your Anxiety and Stress
When I was 34, I decided to start seeing a life coach. I had a good career in finance, but I knew I wanted to make a change—and I thought it would help to sort through professional options with a...
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5 Simple But Powerful Daily Practices That Will Radically Improve Your...
Mainstream media tends to glorify success stories, making us believe that they happen in spectacular breakthrough moments, where major transformation and shifts occur that instantaneously change our...
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How to Develop Incredible Mental Toughness for Health, Work, and Life
Have you ever wondered what makes someone a good athlete? Or a good leader? Or a good parent? Why do some people accomplish their goals while others fail? What makes the difference? Usually we answer...
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Starting Small is the Best Way to Turn Your Life Around
During my 20s, I didn’t give much thought to money. I was in grad school for a long time—seven years total between my masters and PhD—and I assumed my finances would straighten out once I graduated...
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It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
A well-documented feature of trauma, one familiar to many, is our inability to articulate what happens to us. We not only lose our words, but something happens with our memory as well. During a...
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