Tom Lavin, MFT, LCADC, ACATA: New Skills for Living - Experts on using ACT in daily life

Tom Lavin, MFT, LCADC has hosted the local ABC affliate television show in Reno, NV titled New Skills for Living, a health and wellness series, since 1995 in an effort to help people learn skills to live vital and meaningful lives.

Tom is the recipient of the 2014 IMPACT AWARD of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.

You can see expert ACT therapists discuss how ACT principles can be applied to so many aspects of your life!

Topics: ACT in Daily Life, Anxiety, Addiction, Chronic Illness, PTSD, Eating Disorders, Mindfulness for College Students, Families and Addiction Recovery, Smoking Cessation, Valued-Based Living, Happy Couples, Autism, Meaningful Living, etc.

Each of the videos are approximately 20-30 minutes in length. 

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"ACT in Daily Life", Steven C. Hayes, PhD

"ACT: Anxiety" Steven C. Hayes, PhD

"ACT: Addressing Addiction" Steven C. Hayes, PhD

"ACT Addressing Chronic Illness" Steven C Hayes, PhD

"Mindfulness for College Students" Jacqueline Pistorello, PhD

"ACT: PTSD" Jacqueline Pistorello, PhD

"ACT: Anxiety" Kelly G. Wilson, PhD

"ACT: PTSD Treatment" Victoria Follette, PhD

"Stop Smoking" Jonathan Bricker, PhD

"Happy Couples" Robyn D. Walser, PhD

"Living Values Makes a Difference" Jennifer C. Plumb, MA

"Effective Psychotherapy" Tom Lavin, MFT, LADC

"Help for People with Eating Disorders" Jason Lillis, PhD

"ACT Therapy for Substance Abuse and Disordered Eating" Lindsay B. Fletcher, MA

"Principles of Vital Living" Tom Lavin, MFT, LADC

"How Families Can Deal with Financial and Relationship Stress" Tom Lavin, MFT, LADC

"Addiction and Family Recovery" Tom Lavin, MFT, LADC

"ACT: Autism" Nanni Presti, MD, PhD

"Addiction Recovery" Barbara Kohlenberg, PhD

"When Life Hurts: ACT and Logotherapy" Tom Lavin, MFT LADC

The link below connects to my April, 2026 presentation to Nevada Physicians on developing resiliency and living a vital, meaningful life. The webinar was sponsored by the Nevada Physician Wellness Coalition.                                      
It's linked here

Physicians were encouraged to not only listen for how they can use this information to support their patients’ health and well-being but, also, how they can apply this information to address their personal stress/burnout and enhance the quality of their lives.                                                                                        
Topics addressed include:
1.Identify your personal stress symptoms

2.Apply the Stress Iceberg concept to identify what may be causing your stress

3.Personally apply how to use the diathesis stress model in understanding how cumulative stress and maladaptive coping might be affecting your health and quality of your life

4.Understand how to use the core principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to respond rather than react to stress

5.Participate in a brief ACT  informed meditation

6.Apply the paradigm of Vision-Decision-Action in clarifying values and virtues and committing to becoming the “person I aspire to be and living the life I aspire to live”

7.Personally apply the three venues of living a meaningful life as articulated in Logotherapy

8.Personally identify and commit to living a physically and emotionally flourishing life by addressing Stress Iceberg “under the water level” distresses of resentment/forgiveness, guilt/amends, prioritizing and simplifying life, making the most of each day