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ACT gets a lot simpler once you can get your head around case conceptualization. To download the quick 'n simple case conceptualization sheet from ACT Made Simple, click here.
Recently, on an ACT listserve for therapists, someone asked for advice on dealing with elite professional athletes who insist "that their particular gift (sport) is a value. They do not agree that it is a goal in the service of values."
My suggestion was simply to provide some examples for clarity. For example, possible Sport-related GOALS: win the game/ win the race/ win the tournament/ break the record/ win the gold medal/ achieve my personal best/ do better than last time/ make the grade/ get selected for the team.
These can all be achieved, completed, ticked off the list – therefore they are goals.
Russ Harris, MD, is an internationally acclaimed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer and author of The Happiness Trap, now published in over fifteen languages and twenty countries. He is widely renowned for his ability to train therapists in ACT in a way that is clear, accessible, and fun. ACT With Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and his most recent book, ACT made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, are published by New Harbinger Publications. His website is http://actmadesimple.com.
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