If you spend any time with a therapist who is trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), you will notice something striking: they like to speak in metaphors. You might hear about switch that can be flipped on or off, or an experience of getting caught in quicksand, or someone standing in a hole with…
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The Only Way Out of Anxiety Is Through It: Exposure and Response Prevention
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from managing anxiety instead of living your life. Rehearsing the conversation you’re avoiding. Circling back to check the stove, the lock, the windows. Ruminating on a thought you can’t shake. Avoiding situations that make you uncomfortable. Googling symptoms. Struggling with anxiety can feel like a full-time job.…
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?
If you’ve ever felt stuck in your thoughts and have felt like your thoughts are pulling you out of day-to-day life or causing you to behave in ways that don’t feel in line with your values, you’re not alone. Many people come to therapy exhausted from trying to “fix” painful emotions or unhelpful thoughts. Acceptance…
ACT, CBT, DBT, EMDR, ERP: A Guide to Evidence-based Therapies
When you first enter the world of therapy, you might not know exactly where to start. That might have something to do with a feeling that you don’t know the lingo and can’t make sense of the alphabet soup. Every therapist will have a slew of letters behind their name – LCSW, PsyD, CST, LMFT,…
Thoughts and Feelings: What Are They and What Do I Do About Them?
Welcome to Part 3 of Flexibility of the Mind webzine series! In Part 1 and Part 2 of this webzine series, we defined psychological flexibility, asked some hard hitting questions about thoughts and feelings, and summarized the “Noticing Self” and ways to stay present. If you need a refresher, keep reading! Take a moment to…
Flexibility of the Mind: The Present of Presence
In Part 1 of this webzine series, we defined psychological flexibility, asked some hard-hitting questions to see if we lean more toward psychological inflexibility, and began to explore how our thoughts, feelings, and ongoing pursuit of happiness may leave us feeling disconnected from what matters to us most – here, right now. If you need…
