
ACT Therapy Training 1
with Dr John Boorman
In this session, Dr John Boorman investigates flexibility. Flexibility is at the heart of all ACT work. It sits in the centre of the ACT treatment model and has been the subject of multiple studies into its effectiveness as an intervention. Dr John Boorman provides an overview of why experiential avoidance (aka inflexibility) is related to a host of psychological problems. He demonstrates how organising and understanding other core processes (e.g. thinking, feeling and behaving) is necessary before meaningful choices about how we want to live our life can be made. Dr Boorman illustrates how some actions are simply harder to do than others but where choice can be central to solving the different dilemmas we face.
In this session, Dr John Boorman investigates flexibility. Flexibility is at the heart of all ACT work. It sits in the centre of the ACT treatment model and has been the subject of multiple studies into its effectiveness as an intervention. Dr John Boorman provides an overview of why experiential avoidance (aka inflexibility) is related...
In this session, Dr John Boorman investigates the Role of Meaning. Clients often present in therapy with questions such as ‘who am, I and what do I stand for?’ Developing a sense of purpose and meaning can be central to therapy. Dr Boorman draws upon concepts presented in earlier sessions to illustrate how difficult it...
In this session, Dr John Boorman investigates acceptance and contacting the present. Acceptance and contacting the present moment can both be difficult concepts to illustrate to others. The former is often associated with resignation, surrender or giving up. The latter, in other modalities known as mindfulness, involves staying in the here and now. This can...
In this session, Dr John Boorman investigates values. Helping clients engage in change strategies requires different type of motivational approaches. Values work is one of the key components of the ACT model. It has been used in other types of therapy, however it could be argued that values has always been a front and centre...
In this session, Dr John Boorman investigates behaviour change. Effective behaviour change is often one of the most challenging tasks in therapy. We humans are adept at sticking to what we know. Deviating or becoming more flexible with how we respond is often a common dilemma in therapy. Helping people to engage with patterns of...
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