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Dear All,

I am psychologist by trade and a filmmaker at heart.

While working with patients and for my own experience, I have realised that one of the biggest part of the problem with mental health issues is the stigma attached to it.

We feel ashamed for experiencing the emotions we experience, thinking the thoughts we think and acting in the only way we are able to act in our own circumstances.

So to the original pain, whatever that is; we add the pain of judging and criticising ourselves for being broken or damaged or just not good enough for this world.

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I am pleased to announce that Patti Robinson, Thomas Gustavsson and I will be hosting the First Annual ACT Summer Camp at a beautiful sea-side conference center outside of Helsingborg Sweden. The dates are September 3-7, with a one day ACT Supercharger workshop being conducted the day before the start of summer camp for those that want to refresh their ACT clinical skills. This is a week long, case based supervision and training experience conducted in small groups by the three co-founders of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (fACT).

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https://www.turningpointpsychology.ca/blog/10-therapy-strategies-that-dont-work

https://www.turningpointpsychology.ca/blog/affect-labeling-negative-emotions

https://www.turningpointpsychology.ca/blog/do-i-have-ocd-sorting-out-through-ocd-confusion

Do you wonder whether you may suffer from undiagnosed OCD?

If you are a parent of a child who has OCD, you know only too well how easy it is to get entangled in an endless argument where you try to use logic to no avail. You tell your child how unlikely it is that something bad will happen, you teach her to think positively, you reassure her, and you try to help her out.

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Written by Lauren Helm, Ph.D.

WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE "BAD" EMOTIONS WE ALL FEEL

First, we can stop calling them bad! Emotions, in and of themselves, are not bad or good: they just are. They are often feared, however, and in our society, so called “negative” emotions in particular are judged, shamed, or hidden. What recent research has been finding is that it is not the emotions that cause the most suffering or difficulty leading our lives, its how we respond to our emotions that is key.

Written by Lauren Helm, Ph.D.

We’ve all felt anxiety at some point in our lives (likely many times over, in fact), though perhaps it manifested in different ways. You may have noticed the rapid increase of your heart rate, faster, constricted breaths, the growing tension in your shoulders and neck, cold or clammy hands, or unease in the pit of your stomach. The experience of anxiety is unpleasant, to say the least, and as it builds, it certainly has a way of getting our attention.

ANXIETY HAS A PURPOSE

Written by Lauren Helm, Ph.D.

“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.”

— Sylvia Boorstein

AUTOMATIC PILOT & REACTIVITY

What guides you in deciding how to act from moment-to-moment, and day-to-day? When you come to a fork in the road, how do you decide which direction to go?

Hi,

On the back of the recently held Birmingham ACT Week in UK, I am offering practitioners the chance to join a supervision group focused on practicing and enhancing skills. It is called Small Group Practice Supervision.

A brief introductory video to help clients with OCD who are struggling with uncertainty and the urges OCD can bring about.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/hIUkN59EtQo

Hi All,

In an effort to help those trying to deal with the stress associated with Hurricane Irma I have started a YouTube Playlist of Hurricane Irma Help videos:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHAAO1YqTInWrIdJWOiyZ_3Jp4P7r_TPo

These short videos are shot on the beach on Marco Island where I live. I have a free offer in them for anyone who wants to get a copy of my relaxation cd audio collection.

Hello All,

Things are slowly returning to normal on Marco Island, my home, after Hurricane Irma swept over it last week.

I should say, the new normal because things will never be the same for any of us here or in other places affected by the storm.

Let me explain...

Hello!

In the interest of increasing dissemination of free mindfulness-based guided resources for patients who may not otherwise have access, I'd like to invite you to explore my website. It includes mindfulness practices divided by EBP including DBT guided skills, mindful self-compassion, mindfulness-based stress reduction and practices specific to ACT.

Thank you so much for increasing dissemination!

Sara Rabinovitch, Ph.D

https://www.gentlelovingpsychology.com

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Hi All,

My new course, Acceptance and Commitment (AC) Coaching: Sexual Relationship Coaching for Committed Couples has been approved for 10 Coaching CEUs from the Center for Credentialing Education (CCE). Find out more: http://www.drrichblonna.com/acceptance-and-commitment-ac-coaching-sexual-relationship-coaching-for-committed-couples/

¡Hola! Te invitamos a disfrutar de esta amistosa y profunda entrevista con Steven Hayes, donde nos comparte su conocimiento y algunas reflexiones y consejos útiles para la comunidad de psicólogos y estudiantes que formamos parte de México.

下周一就要到Sevilla参加ACBS大会了，临行前无忧岛的小蜜蜂们为我们做足了准备，我和白晓宇博士将要在开会期间做一系列的直播活动。我们将要采访ACT领域的大咖们，希望他们能够对中国感兴趣，能够来中国传播ACT。

加入ACBS整整十二年，这是一个轮回，从当初对ACT知之甚少，到如今开始熟练运用并把ACT本土化，创造出启承转合的模式，这是实践的力量，行动的力量，ACT的力量。

ACT这一年来会有什么变化呢？我们将会把T字谜带到会场，把中国的模式带到会场，与大家交流。

我们也一定会带回丰富的成果，与国内同行分享。互联网时代，地球已经是一个村庄，人类是一个命运共同体，需要ACT为人类做更多的贡献。

In the past, I would write about ACT and what I was doing at the College where I was a Director of Counseling, for example started a group on ACT and Depression in 2010, and it was wonderful.  It deeply resonated with the students. This led to other small workshops on mindfulness, ACT and "the Happniness Trap", and then I took a pause.

For access to this blog, please follow this link:

https://www.counseling.org/news/aca-blogs/aca-member-blogs/aca-member-blogs/2017/05/15/four-paths-to-psychological-flexibility

Enjoy!

Marianela Medrano, PhD, LPC 

Hi all

I am looking for an AHPRA registered secondary supervisor who focusses on ACT, preferably in the workplace and preferably in Brisbane.  Might be a big ask!  I am also allowed to do supervision via Skype/Webcam etc, so if you do focus more in the workplace, but not in Brisbane, would be interested to hear from you as well!  

Kind regards

Margie Ireland

Provisional Psychologist 

Ph: 0418734425

J’ai 44 ans. Je suis née un vendredi 13 et ce qui me décrit le mieux, c'est de dire que, quoiqu'il advienne, je provoque ma chance !

Ma vie est un patchwork de mes expériences et des rencontres qui m'ont enrichie !

Hi All

Is anyone aware of studies completed or in progress where the ACT Matrix is used in individual and team coaching that resulted in increased performance (which could be, bottom line, staff retention, 360 degree feedback, pre and post individual measure of psych flexibility).

Thanks, 

Margie Ireland 

www.connect.inspire.tranform.com

Brisbane, Australia. 

Here's a lesson about finding the secret to successful relationships using the ACT Matrix:

https://www.theactmatrixacademy.com/p/unsticking-your-sticky-relationships

Be Well!

Kevin

Here's a page about approaching end of life care using the ACT Matrix.

https://www.theactmatrixacademy.com/p/end-of-life-care

Be Well!

Kevin

Here's a page about applying the ACT Matrix to New Year's Resolutions (even if you don't do resolutions.)

https://www.theactmatrixacademy.com/p/new-years-resolutions-matrix-style

Be Well!

Kevin