What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?

Very intrigued to start this at the VA. I love the description here.
And I can't help it..... 4:03 - it's "locus" of control

my problem lately has been trying to accept that i don’t need my wife without feeling guilty. i love her but i hate when that thought pops up it says things like “maybe she doesn’t love you” or “you don’t need her you can live without her” these type of thoughts trigger me & i start to overthink everything even though ik i don’t want to leave her.

This was really good!

The best explanation thank you 😊

Great video, very clearly explained. One interesting note is that recent research is revealing that non-human animals think relationally too, though perhaps in not such a complex way. Check out an Oxford University team's research on abstract thinking in ducks. Turns out that imprinting is not about blindly following nor is it merely instinctual, rather, it is based upon logical connections in the duckling's mind regarding who they should follow based on who or what was there at that crucial moment of birth, not a biological connection.

Thank you so much for explaining it. It’s very clear I get it… you express information is such a easy way to understand the concepts thank you. I am now in a program of ACT with a therapist and I’m very glad it helped me so much.

Brilliant explanation and straight to the point!

thats funny.....started in the 70s. Been pretty standard in Theravada Buddhism for 25 centuries. But no CPT code...ok.

Well explained! Thank you!

Should i learn CBT o ACT?

Great explanation and easy to understand! I’m following

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Sadar pranam .

you are wonderful! the energy, the humor, the eloquence. looking forward for more .

Thank you!

I've been looking for a theory that encompasses my varied spiritual learnings and experiences, that is empirically based, and where I can incorporate the common factors of counseling with integrity. This might do it :-) Thanks for sharing.

This looks like Gestalt therapy.

Very well explained! Thank you!

I'm intelligent, I'm degreed in the medical field, and I still don't practically know what ACT IS after watching this video with soooo many perfect reviews. Can anyone suggest a video that actually says how Act is practically used in daily life with an example... just one. Great, thanks.

For me the talking is a bit too quick. But i appreciate the video a lot!

This is very similar to mindfulness and the acceptance and values taught in 12 step programs

The 2 tiny shelves behind him need to go.

Is this the kind of stuff normal people struggle with 😂😂 getting angry with yourself over spilling coffee…

What's really cool about act is that it seems like it's something that you can teach yourself over time. And as long as you're willing to continue to practice it like a martial art, you'll become better at it. It's a tool set you can use in almost any situation and it's highly adaptable, I think I found my new therapy method. Thanks for taking the time to explain it. I'm going to watch this multiple times to understand it, but what I'm getting from it is that you're open to the experience or the feeling and then you have a pause and you give yourself time to respond instead of react to it. And you do that through your based on your values. And if you do that, you'll have a better outcome than if you're just reactive This sounds excellent. I have ADHD and I think this could help with that as well! Really like your content. Keep making content for others. It's excellent

This is by far the dumbest therapy method I've ever tried.

I am unbelievably mad at myself

ACT is the one thing that has been able to help me with CPTSD and flashbacks. I became very dissociative and it doesn't help to say 'well I shouldn't feel this way / experience this.' ACT has saved me countless times from myself but I'm still learning to integrate it into my toolbox.

I don't know if I want to be the "locust" of control.
Too Kafkaesque for my liking.

Thank you, that was a great explanation. Well said.

Thanks so much for taking the time to explain ACT! Very helpful.

Well done👍💕❗️

I don get it ..

Thank you for posting

I am currently working towards taking my BCBA exam after a Masters in Behaviour Analysis and many years previously working with trauma, and I have become super interested in ACT! Both for my own well-being and would love to study this in depth and become qualified to use to with clients. I found your video and passion so helpful and accessible which is greatly appreciated, and also love seeing part of behaviourism (RFT) being researched and applied with mental health and private events! Thank you for a fantastic video ☺️

How does this differ from DBT?

great video!! thank you for organizing the ideas in the way you did

This was super helpful, thank you!

somewhere inside this speaker is a man screaming to get out; a man with God-given personality traits being ignored

I wonder if ACT works for when you can't sleep at night when something important is coming up the next day. For example a plane flight, or a first date. I find my mind racing at night sometimes, and then I'm so worried what the affects of no sleep with be the next day or having to cancel plans that make me look bad.

"Psychological flexibility as a measure of health" is a gem to take in and digest.

Sir this is so awesome...you rock🥴😎😎😂👏🌚🌍

But what I don't get: What am "i", if not my feelings, thoughts and sensations? (12:10)
I'm still unsure if ACT is the right way to go for me and would appreciate any additional "differentiation". If "I" should actively choose my next steps, then what shall these steps / these decisions be based upon?