- Dissociation and client disconnection
- The window of tolerance and inability to "resource"
- Hopelessness and disintegrating coping strategies for daily life
- "Unhelpful" narratives about the self and world
- Research, risks, and limitations
- Indications and contraindications
ACT as a Practice and Compatibility with EMDR
- CBT versus ACT
- Experiential avoidance and its pitfalls
- The problem with trying to change/fix feelings and thoughts
- "Distraction" or "fixing" versus mindfulness and acceptance
- Building the client's capacity to be with emotions
- Research, risks, and limitations
- Indications and contraindications
- Where ACT and EMDR may differ
- Compatibility with EMDR theory and the standard protocol
A Quick Guide to Using the ACT Model in Treatment
- The Act model in 6 parts
- Practice ACT techniques in vivo
- Simplify using ACT in sessions to improve resourcing
- Strategies to help clients feel grounded in sessions
- Somatic language and tools
- Increase understanding, commitment, and window of tolerance
- How your theoretical orientation helps you as a clinician
- Why EMDR is not merely a Phase 4 model or a technique
- The art of therapeutic "lenses" — gaining deeper insights into client concerns
- Shaping our treatment plans with an eye toward integration
- ACT techniques to help clients grow towards new value-laden behaviors
Integrate ACT Techniques into EMDR Therapy Phases
- Teach ways to "anchor"
- Value clarification and exploring answers to "Why bother?"
- Access the "observing self"
- Clarify "negative" and "positive" cognitions
- Explore our own narratives about EMDR phases
- Navigate clients who want to rush the process and avoid daily crises
- Defusion, Acceptance, and Compassionate Self/Body Awareness
- Prepare for new targets and the future
- ACT for self-care as a trauma therapist
- Worksheets and forms