Are We Dying to Lose Weight?
August 23, 2023
By Lisa Gray, LMFT, author of Healthy Conflict, Happy Couple Maintaining an “ideal” weight has long been a cultural concern, especially for women in America. And no wonder—it’s a billion-dollar… READ MORE
Tag: Acceptance
Cut Off at Christmas—Coping with Family Estrangement
December 2, 2022
By Stephanie M. Kriesberg, PsyD, author of Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers For years, Linda spent every Christmas Eve at her beloved cousin Cynthia’s house. However, last summer their husbands… READ MORE
Active Acceptance in the Face of Uncertainty
February 14, 2022
By Jennifer Shannon, LMFT, author of The Monkey Mind Workout for Uncertainty A few days ago, Pat—my ninety-year-old mother-in-law who lives in an assisted living facility—sent us a text from… READ MORE
OCD: It’s Not about Doing Exposures, It’s about How to Do Exposures
August 7, 2020
By Marisa T. Mazza, PsyD, author of The ACT Workbook for OCD Tips on Practicing Acceptance-Based Exposures: Oftentimes the aim of traditional exposure and response prevention (ERP) is to eradicate obsessive-compulsive… READ MORE
“He Went That Way!”
May 11, 2020
By Ben Sedley, PhD and Lisa Coyne, PhD, coauthors of Stuff That’s Loud The alarms went off; the bank had been robbed. The police came running to the scene, and were… READ MORE
3 Things We Grieve When We Become Body Positive
By Virgie Tovar, MA, author of The Self-Love Revolution About a decade ago, I made the decision to “break up” with diet culture. That meant: no more Spanx budget, no… READ MORE
How to Make Your Practice Friendly to Patients of All Sizes
January 29, 2019
By Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD It can be helpful for all therapists, not just those working with patients with eating disorders, to be accepting and welcoming to patients of all body sizes…. READ MORE
Working with Your Here-and-Now Experience
January 24, 2019
An excerpt from Mastering Adulthood: Go Beyond Adulting to Become an Emotional Grown-Up Working with Your Here-and-Now Experience To really know in your bones how to respond when your emotions… READ MORE
Can You Control Your Anxiety?
October 24, 2018
Adapted from an excerpt from The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Teen Anxiety We live in a world where we are taught that certain feelings are bad, happiness is the… READ MORE
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