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ACT for Depression: Defusion, Values, and the Climb Out of the Avoidance-Rumination Loop
How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy treats depression — defusion from self-as-failure narratives, acceptance of grief, present-moment attention against rumination, values clarification, and committed action. Includes ACT vs CBT vs BA decision guidance and the evidence base.
ACT for OCD: How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Treats Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
A clinician-grade guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for OCD: the six core processes applied to intrusive thoughts and compulsions, the Twohig 2010 RCT, ACT plus ERP integration, and which OCD subtypes respond best.
ACT for Teens: How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Helps Adolescents
How ACT is adapted for adolescents, including the six core processes, parent involvement, presentation-specific adaptations, and how it compares to DBT-A and teen CBT.
ACT vs MBCT: Third-Wave Siblings With Different Targets
A detailed comparison of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy — two third-wave mindfulness therapies that look similar but target different mechanisms and conditions.
Cognitive Defusion Techniques: 12 ACT Skills to Unhook From Your Thoughts
A clinical guide to cognitive defusion in ACT — what it is, why fusion hurts, twelve named techniques (leaves on a stream, milk milk milk, thank your mind, and more), clinical applications, and a four-week self-practice plan.
Committed Action in ACT: The Four Moves, Named Techniques, and the Lapse-and-Recommit Loop
Committed action is the ACT process that turns values into behavior — small, values-linked, time-anchored, and rebuilt after every lapse. Learn the four moves, the named techniques, and how the recommit loop actually works.
Present-Moment Awareness in ACT: Flexible Sustained Contact, Named Exercises, and Clinical Adaptations
A clinical guide to contact with the present moment — one of ACT's six core processes. The time-traveling-mind problem, what present-moment awareness is (and isn't), ten named exercises, common pitfalls, and adaptations for trauma, psychosis, dissociation, severe anxiety, and chronic pain.
Self-as-Context in ACT: The Observer Self, RFT, and Exercises That Build It
A clinical guide to self-as-context in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — the observer self, the three selves, the RFT deictic-frame account, named access exercises, and how the noticing self changes work in depression, trauma, OCD, eating disorders, and identity work.
Values Clarification in ACT: Exercises, Pitfalls, and Clinical Applications
A clinical guide to values clarification in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — values vs goals, named exercises, common pitfalls, applications in anxiety, depression, OCD, and trauma, and the values-action loop.
What Is Drama Therapy? How Role-Play and Storytelling Heal the Mind
Drama therapy uses role-play, improvisation, and storytelling as clinical tools for healing. Learn how it works, what the research says, and who benefits most.
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