
ACT Therapy Training 2
with Dr John Boorman
In this session, Dr John Boorman investigates the scientific and clinical importance of process. Where we are at in terms of understanding the human condition and why specific processes work is a problem for everyone connected with helping alleviate human suffering. Whilst there are many empirically supported psychological models aimed to relieve human suffering, including...
In this session, Dr John Boorman discusses how ACT sits within a wider organisational structure termed Contextual Behavioural Science (CBS). The importance of understanding context is not new in behavioural sciences. Behaviour is not dependent on anything else, it can only be influenced by the contexts with which it operates, whether these are biological, environmental,...
In this session, Dr John Boorman explains how understanding how humans behave and act in different circumstances is a core part in psychological therapy. ACT takes the approach that helping others with this process, whether they are clients, colleagues, friends etc. helps empower them to make significant changes in their lives.
In this session, Dr John Boorman explores how understanding how humans behave and act in different circumstances can be complex and confusing, both for the client and clinician. Dr Boorman demonstrates the importance of understanding the clients’ language, and how this is used to help therapist and clients begin to understand their behaviour. He provides...
In this session, Dr John Boorman explores how language is at the heart of everything thing we do and has a central role in how we operate in the world. We experience the world directly (as it is) and indirectly (relationally). Dr Boorman explains how human language and thinking has evolved over time and can...