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When Positive Affirmations Become Weapons
Helping clients to challenge negative self-talk with their own values
Positive affirmations are a popular tool for battling negative self-talk, but they can be weaponized and misused. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes acknowledging negative thoughts and focusing on taking action in line with one's values rather than trying to suppress negative thoughts with positive affirmations. By intentionally using positive affirmations, and not weaponizing them, clients can find relief from negative self-talk and pursue their values instead.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety
Free exercise to teach psychological flexibility
Clients often end up trapped in patterns of avoiding their anxiety, but what happens when they instead try to meet it in the present moment? °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ author Richard Sears provides an overview of the benefits of psychological flexibility.
Turning Hopeless into Hopeful: Using Creative Hopelessness to Help Clients Let Go
A powerful acceptance and commitment therapy strategy for change
Are your clients clinging to coping mechanisms that no longer serve them? ACT expert Richard Sears provides a technique for getting clients to leave behind behaviors that are not working—using their own life experiences!
The Trauma Therapist Podcast: The Author Series with Tim Gordon
°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ author Timothy Gordon, MSW, RSW, sat down with Guy Macpherson, PhD, to discuss his new book, The Act Approach, and card deck, Coping Skills For Trauma, on a 2019 September episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast.
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