Getting Started with ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is perhaps most well known for its role in the treatment of substance abuse but this model is widely used to help a wide range of people with a wide range of difficulties.

In this episode, Peregrine Director, Rebecca Sng speaks with trainers and ACT practitioners Mark Donovan and Anna Sidis to learn a bit about this common model. This engaging introduction covers some of the key concepts of ACT and how an interested practitioner might get started in exploring this modality.

Tune in to hear about bus driving, beer drinking, eating lemons and what any of these have to do with ACT. 

Resources

The Happiness Trap: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Trap-Struggling-Start-Living/dp/1590305841

Russ Harris Website: https://www.actmindfully.com.au/

Steven Hays TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o79_gmO5ppg&t=109s

Kelly G. Wilson Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-H9mSmU2ZY

ACT Made Simple by Russ Harris: https://www.booktopia.com.au/act-made-simple-russ-harris/book/9781684033010.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0bunBhD9ARIsAAZl0E3hXctnxIhJUzxz0Tzg_Xy4UPwfq4q_kmaWq-16Vb8FKe326MyByjwaArnjEALw_wcB

"The Choice Point" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV15x8LvwAQ