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Training in Acceptance & Commitment TherapyTraining in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and why do we need it?

What is the evidence-base for ACT, and how do you become a better ACT Practitioner?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a third-wave Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) rooted in contextual behavioural science.  Based on the philosophical basis, Functional Contextualism, ACT seeks to alter the context within which unhelpful behaviours take place.  In other words, the ACT therapist helps their client to notice what they do with more significant curiosity for how well it works.

Through a process of 'shaping', clients learn to build psychological flexibility through mindfulness, acceptance and committed action to purposes that alleviate suffering and enhance wellbeing.

ACBS Peer-reviewed ACT Trainer, Jim Lucas has compiled a library of ACT resources.

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What is Creative Hopelessness in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

May 13, 2020 by jim lucas

What is Creative Hopelessness?

What is Creative Hopelessness in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy? Therapists who want to learn Acceptance and Commitment Therapy will have heard about creative hopelessness but may be uncertain about it. In this episode of APT in ACT, Continue Reading

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?

May 6, 2020 by jim lucas

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)? What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and what is psychological flexibility? Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a model of behaviour change rooted in Contextual Behavioral Continue Reading

Introductory training in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

July 12, 2019 by jim lucas

ACT Training

The Head, Heart & Hands of ACT for common mental health problems incl. anxiety and depression A 3 day training workshop – Nottingham 4th & 5th Nov & 2nd Dec 2019 Times: Registration from 9.00am, workshop 9.30am to 4.30pm (on all 3 Continue Reading

Can self doubt improve your wellbeing and make you a better therapist?

November 5, 2018 by jim lucas

Can Self-doubt improve your Wellbeing and make you a better therapist? People strive to be confident. Its easy to understand why - it feels better. When you look for to be more confident, its often not confidence you are looking for. Its Continue Reading

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