Topic: Approaches and modalities

Articles that explore approaches and modalities around acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and also complementary/alternative therapies and models that can work in collaboration with ACT.

ACT training workshops in Kampala, Uganda

By Joe Oliver – I recently travelled to Kampala, Uganda to carry out a series of ACT workshops for trainee psychologists and mental health staff. These workshops built on previous work by other ACT trainers, including Roscoe Kasujja (in the photo on the right), Ross White, Igor Krnetić and Cerdic Hall. The aim was to […]

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ACTivate your coaching practice!

by Jon Hill – Corporate Trainer and Executive Coach Blueprint Coaching During its relatively short life, coaching has struggled for recognition and respect in some circles. For every satisfied client who has achieved long-held ambitions with the help of a coach there is a sceptic who can’t understand why you would want to invite an […]

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Get unstuck – open forwards podcast interview

I was recently interviewed by Jim Lucas, director of Open Forwards on his cool, new podcast, ‘Self Help Sat Nav’. You can listen to me talk about our self help book, ‘ACTivate Your Life – Using acceptance and mindfulness to build a life that is rich fulfilling and fun’. Self Help Sat Nav is a […]

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ACT bootcamp with Russ Harris – a personal account

I recently attended Russ Harris’ advanced ACT workshop in July. I found this training both theoretically informed and inexorably human. Russ covered traditional ACT concepts and therapeutic formalities well. He also introduced novel formulaic and intervention tools (e.g. the Four Horseman of Rigidity and The Choice Point), which were especially helpful when thinking about how […]

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ACT for psychosis on the radio

Contextual Consulting’s very own Dr Joe Oliver is appearing this week on “Taking Hurt to Hope“, the WebTtalkRadio show hosted by JoAnne Dahl. [panel indent=”yes”] ACT: Taking Hurt to Hope – Struggling with Psychosis Hearing voices or seeing things other people don’t perceive is a phenomena that isn’t necessarily a problem, but the ways one […]

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