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I've put together a few handouts for students at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Whilst they were originally designed with students in mind the content is relevant for older adolescents to adults. Topics include: stress and anxiety, low mood / depression, relationships, mindfulness meditation, healthy lifestyle / choices with awareness, "getting unhooked from difficult thoughts" and writing oneself a letter from the future. They are intended as a brief reminder of workshop material (or session discussions) or to be used as a stand alone summary of skills. Feel free to share as appropriate.

Several members have shared Defusion worksheets to use with clients.

From Amy S. House, Ph.D. - I made up this defusion worksheet and wanted to share. I’m sure there are other similar ones out there but I couldn’t find just what I wanted so I made this. The worksheet walks clients through just a few well-known defusion strategies, with some self-compassionate perspective taking thrown in. I hope the worksheet will be helpful for some of you and your clients.

Amy's Worksheet "Noticing and Working with thoughts" is attached below.

Bartosz Kleszcz has translated Amy's worksheet into Polish. This translated version is also attached below.

Lior Gilad has translated Amy's worksheet into Hebrew. This translated version is also attached below.

Debbie Sorensen, Ph.D. shared  - "I have also struggled to find a thought awareness worksheet that was exactly what I wanted before - and have created one myself, too. I'm attaching it here...in case it's helpful to anyone who wants to draw from multiple versions." Debbie's worksheet is attached as both a word and pdf document below.

Several people got in touch asking for the PDF values cards doc we have stored, so please see attached. All cards on all pages are aligned so once printed you should be able to carefully cut several sheets at a time (if you've got a decent cutting tool). Credit to Paul Flaxman, who originally shared these cards with myself and colleagues. We just aligned them all on a PDF for ease of producing card decks!

Also, just to say, I would not see these a an alternative to the Values Conversation Cards mentioned in the original thread by Joe and developed by Louise Hayes. I find these to be a great resource and, personally, I use these in quite different contexts to the contexts in which I would typically use the attac hed.

Finally, for anyone who a) has not seen them, b) works with younger clients and c) might be interested, we worked with the charity 1625-Independent People to develop a DNA-v based tool kit, which is also in the form of a card deck. We make no cash on sales and all proceeds go to back into this fab charity (just to be clear!) so I share these here as - bias as I may be - I think they are really cool. Here's the link: The DNA-V Toolkit - A card pack for using ACT with young people : 1625 independent People (1625ip.co.uk)
 

Shared on 9/11/2021 by Duncan Gillard

There is now an entire website full of support materials for The Happiness Trap. Please visit the website for the book.  

I have also attached the introductory chapter below.

The Happiness Trap is unique amongst ACT books in that it is the only one that has been written for EVERYONE - therapists, coaches, housewives and astronauts, regardless of whether or not they have ‘mental health issues’ - which also explains ACT in a simple, easy-to-understand manner, without any technical language, or a battery of worksheets.

It is increasingly used as a resource by both therapists and coaches - not only to use with their clients, but also as a way of learning the theory and techniques of ACT in a simple, clear and entertaining manner.

Worksheets are designed for universal use and accompany the “Live Better” psychoeducation video series found here. 

To access class worksheet, please click on class title below.

"The First Step Workbook" is designed to support people in becoming more fully aware of how their lives have been affected by the use of mood altering chemicals. 

The workbook is often most useful when a person takes time to thouroughly respond to each question and then share their responses with a trusted therapist, group, mentor, or sponsor. 

After completing the workbook some people decide they want to make significant changes in their lives. 

see attachement - & feel free to change it as you like - one is a word doc. & then a jpeg

This is a treatment goal planning activity that I'm using that I really like.  I had been using a values sheet with the teens I work with to help them get in touch with sources of meaning in their stimulus-overloaded, introspection-devoid lives.  I love how values are the language of the spirit that lend nobility to our lives and work for Evangelical Fundamentalists as well as stalwart atheists.  I'd also done a life domain wheel (like life compass) some years ago as a self esteem development tool for teens though it had too much detail to capture their interest.  (That I've found such similar ideas and tools in ACT is very cool).  Anyway, I took the 80th birthday/be at your own funeral activity, combined it with the values sheet and life domain wheels to come up with a way that helps people identify highly personally relevant treatment goals.  (I'm not too computer savvy so it's not that nice to look at; but it works).

Russ Harris has shared a free eBook on a topic that comes up often in ACT training: When Clients Can't (or Don't Want to) Connect With Thoughts. 

When logged in, you will find the eBook attached below.