Skip to main content

Focused ACT Resources

Welcome to the LAMIC Resource page for Focused Acceptance Commitment Therapy (FACT). FACT is a brief therapy that uses principles of ACT in a highly condensed version.

The strategies employed in FACT are delivered in fewer sessions when compared to traditional psychotherapies without compromising on the outcome. FACT is very useful in settings where time and resource-limitations are a limiting factor, it has been used in many different medical settings around the world.

This page is aimed at practitioners from Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries (LAMIC) who are new to FACT and would like to learn more and use it in their community. It is our hope that this page supports your own committed action to learn and makes the content more accessible for you.

You will need to login as a member to see many of the linked resources, but some are available freely to the public (free resources are designated by 3 asterisks***). If you are interested in ACBS Membership you will find more information, including our values-based dues here. ACBS offers a number of membership scholarships - you can apply for a scholarship here.

The following resources will aid you in learning more about FACT:

Books

Online courses
Several private providers run online courses and discounts are available for colleagues from LAMIC.

  • Focused ACT for Brief Interventions by Kirk Strosahl and Patti Robinson. 6 weeks online course with evergreen access after enrolment. Some discount available for LAMIC, you would need to contact Patti Robinson for this.
  • ACT as a brief intervention by Russ Harris. 6 weeks online course. Free courses are available for LAMIC participants, contact the chair of DNC for access.

Videos
There are only a couple of video presentations of FACT for the beginner practitioner. We are in the process of creating more, so please check this site regularly.

Articles
As FACT is relatively new, the research base is still growing. Here are a couple of quality articles as a starting point.

This page contains attachments restricted to ACBS members. Please join or login with your ACBS account.