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Thank you for offering your help.

As I see it ACT is not about eliminating hurtful feelings but it sure does work to tone them down. Amazing!

as I see it there's a lot of shit I can't control but that's a different animal from acceptance. Whether I can or can't control it is the same thing. With acceptance I look at that annoying politician and view him/her almost like viewing a tv screen.

I'm having a blast getting into ACT. Acceptance yeah but what nails it for me is the term radical acceptance. Wow! I go around all day repeating that term as it completely opens up that observer self, it disconnects that self from any and all that's going on at that moment.

Yeah all the shit I've dragged around my entire life. Like a sled piled with bricks. Not to mention the way that sled compelled me to act, in defense and in ways to get things to boost my ego. This is almost spooky! A waking up thing.

ACT is no more expensive than any other type of therapy.

The body knows how to move away from pain. The mind is the one that attach to it.

This is very similar to IFS therapy. The same premise of realizing your thoughts are not you.

My god this is me, PRECISELY, I had a feeling it was the wrong thing to do

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge on ACT I just recently became a counselor at a company where their core curriculum is ACT I'm enjoying it so much I love the way you present it though its really helping me a lot thank you!

My new goal is to watch this video daily. To remind myself of the journey instead of focusing on the destination. This video is exactly what I needed to hear today.

Therapy is not for me. I always knew my situation could not be fixed by therapy but people pushed/forced me into it. I had a moment of weakness and wanted to believe the lie that therapy could help me. It only made me worse. To anyone reading this, do not let anyone force you into therapy. It has to be voluntary.

It only made me worse so I am quitting. Hope it makes someone else feel better 😃

Thank u so much

sounds like a therapy for 30-something & 40-something unmarried, childless women, going through their midlife crises...

I had breast cancer in remission, since diagnosis then I have anxiety and panic. Dr said it’s only ocd not related to bc. What can I do to forget the bc and cut down the anxiety.

Not me a therapist learning how to do ACT from your book

This is outstanding that you can talk about such serious things with smile on your face

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Thank you for sharing this video, finally someone explained really well how to identify your core values - this was very helpful to me, with your help I was finally able to name values in my current life without any doubt :)

Thank you so much for creating this video series, Jessica. I'd heard of ACT but never really knew what it was. Now that I've seen this overview, I feel like I've found something that will really work for me! Thank you!

Jesus Christ, please get to the point. UPD: very little said about the therapy modality itself, it's just fluff around it. The title of the video is "what is ACT? ", not "what act does?" or "conditions that benefit from act" and definitely not "I'm a cool psychologist from California, buy my book".

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Genuinely curious--what if it was sensory overload that put in that headspace to begin with? Trying to focus even more on the senses causes even more sensory overload and panic. What would you suggest in place of that? I find a lot of the techniques people normally give--like counting, focus on breathing, focus on 5 senses--are not helpful for me. I'm so overwhelmed that trying to do those things just adds extra anxiety. So what would you suggest for that?

I have an amazing therapist and I’m sure we will have a great conversation when it’s time

Thanks . sister. God bless you.

All words are made up though. Defusion sounds great.

This is the first time I have ever heard my experience with anxiety expressed clearly. I was mugged as well as a teenager and years later, out of nowhere, some guy approached my car quickly at a gas station ( without harmful intent) but I hyperventilated and locked the doors sitting there until it was over. I felt stupid bc “ I didn’t have it as bad as other people” but trauma is relative, especially when you have an existing mental health issue. Thank you. ♥️

"...so what's your next step going to be - right here, right now?" ---=💜=---

thank you so much!! this helped me a lot

Something i have reaaallly struggled with as a therapist is integrating different theories and philosophical perspectives of suffering and working with distress... After watching your video i feel like ACT may offer a flexible and person centred model that i can understand and work with... I will be checking out your other content! Thanks!

Great video series! You explain the core concepts of ACT in an engaging and accessible way! Thanks for making these available for everyone!

I am reading your book "The ACT Approach" now and learning how to apply these principles and techniques into my counseling work. I feel very inspired and am excited to dive deeper into your other videos. Thank you!

WOW, this is the absolute best explanation I've come across of self as context. I've read so many articles and referenced so many books and this made it finally click for me.

I hate when there’s a bunch of bears on the highway

Love the pace of this, you're very calming in your delivery. I'm a counsellor and this specific ACT example seems like CBT, as in listening to the way we think, questioning it and trying to reframe/refocus (defuse it from what we think, to what it really is or could be)...

Cognitive diffusion is what Zen Buddhism is all about. It's not new, and has been in existence for thousands of years. It's the most powerful understanding in the foundation to have control over your life.

HOW do you incorporate ACT with neurodivergence? Individuals with ADHD prefer to have hard deadlines and procrastination is self imposed because it eventually triggers the hyper-focus mode- a super power for getting things accomplished (genius mode)

All things seem equally important/unimportant.

So how's that working for you?... Create space, like the video description says.... Emotion vs reaction. Good points.

Thank you so much.

Wish you could explain this in more laymen terms. You're using a lot of esoteric terminology without really telling us much... So is ACT basically just mindfulness in the moment and identifying what function your feelings/reactions are serving and if the way your behaving is conducive to the life you want? Is that what you're saying?

So much words so little said! And this is qualified psychologist...

What books do you recommend on ACT as a therapist

Nowadays when its someome I’m interested in….it means its a better JOB IM INTERESTED IN 😂❤

Very insightful thank you.

Such a great video, you're very relaxing to watch, some of these tips I forget easily so it's great to hear them again with explanation :) Thank you

When I was in rehab I heard someone refer to it as the "sense-making mind". Our minds literally just flip through scenarios and possibilities trying to figure out the world. Or who knows maybe it is actually negative entities that want to siphon your energy and/or mold you into an evil minion. WHO KNOWS?!

I’ve been having it for. Few days it comes and goes