Getting Your ACT Together
October 28, 2019
Robyn D. Walser, PhD, author of The Heart of ACT Letting Go: Opening to Change As we have seen, letting go of technique as therapy doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t… READ MORE
Tag: acceptance and commitment therapy
A Conversation Regarding “The Self” with Russ Harris and Louise McHugh
March 14, 2019
By Louise McHugh, PhD, co-author of A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self Russ: Given there are already a bazillion-and-one books on “self,” why did you write this one? How is it… READ MORE
Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science: An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Predicting, and Influencing Human Behavior
December 31, 2018
By Steven C. Hayes, PhD, and David Sloan Wilson, PhD, authors of Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science Evolution is the study of organisms in relation to their environments as products… READ MORE
This Transcendent Beauty
October 25, 2018
By John Astin, author of This Extraordinary Moment The past and future exist as mere dreams. What is truly alive is only ever this flash instant, this tiny, yet infinite sliver… READ MORE
What to do when parents come to therapy and ask you to “fix” their teen
July 24, 2018
By Patricia Zurita Ona, PsyD, author of Parenting a Troubled Teen When parents or caregivers are raising a teen struggling with emotion regulation, they’re facing a double challenge: (1) they cannot… READ MORE
Steering the Storyteller in Group Therapy
July 2, 2018
by Darrah Westrup, PhD, author of Learning ACT for Group Treatment Active participation is one of the main tenets of group therapy. But what about the over-contributor? What’s the best… READ MORE
Learning ACT: Moving from Technique to Process
January 19, 2018
By Robyn Walser, PhD, coauthor of Learning ACT, 2nd Edition When New Harbinger first approached me about writing a second edition of Learning ACT, I felt excitement followed by worry…. READ MORE
How Superhero Therapy Saved My Life (and Can Save Yours Too)
October 19, 2017
by Janina Scarlet, PhD, author of Superhero Therapy Illustrations by Wellington Alves We didn’t see the explosion. We didn’t hear it either. We lived approximately 160 miles away. I… READ MORE
Avoiding the pitfall of focusing on form versus function while in session
August 29, 2017
By Darrah Westrup, PhD and M. Joann Wright, PhD One of the challenges therapists face is to avoid getting stuck in form instead of working with function. This is an essential… READ MORE
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