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Podcast: UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership
Episode: Introduction to Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Description: Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a psychotherapy modality that can be used to both support meaningful growth in clients as well as to enhance provider wellbeing and reduce symptoms of burnout.
ACT, like its predecessor Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), takes into account the relationship between thoughts (cognition) and behaviors. ACT differs from traditional CBT in its approach to coping with challenging thoughts and activating preferred behaviors by its focus on values, mindfulness, and acceptance.
The goal of ACT is to increase “psychological flexibility” using six specific core processes: contact with the present moment, values, committed acti...