Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a psychotherapy within the so-called third generation psychotherapies and contextual therapies, which emerged between the 80’s and 90’s in the United States as part of the behavioral and cognitive therapeutic models.
Acceptance and commitment therapy is oriented towards the clarification of personal values and action committed to these values, in an attempt to develop a meaningful and meaningful life. This approach understands that suffering is something universal and inherent to the human being, so its intervention is not aimed at seeking the elimination of the symptom, but to expand the behavioral repertoire and increase the psychological flexibility of the patient, using different tools such as metaphors, experiential exercises and different strategies of acceptance and mindfulness or Mindfulness.
A good part of this course delves into the pillars or foundations that support Acceptance and Commitment therapy. This can be a very theoretical and sometimes dense content, but it is necessary because ACT is a different therapy from the most predominant therapies in Health Psychology, especially those belonging to the Biomedical perspective. For this reason, we will first delve into the three pillars that support Acceptance and Commitment Therapy:
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Functional Contextualism
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The Relational Frameworks Theory
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Experiential Avoidance Disorder or Psychological Inflexibility.
After this broad introduction to the fundamentals of ACT, we will enter into the therapeutic practice of ACT. Where we will try to clarify with demonstrations of Rol Play the following topics:
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Cognitive defusion
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Creative hopelessness
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Acceptance
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Contact with the present moment
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Clarification of personal values
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Action committed to those values
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The question of conscious control
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Introduction to ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY · ACT
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The first base of ACT: FUNCTIONAL CONTEXTUALISM
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3Who is Steven Hayes?
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4Steven C. Hayes · Wikipedia
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5Glossary ACT
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6PARADOX of human SUFFERING
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7Documentary Annex: HAPPINESS at any cost (SPANISH with ENGLISH subtitles)
HAPPINESS at all costs
SYNOPSIS
Coaching sessions, books, apps: the pursuit of happiness is everywhere. What lies behind this contemporary obsession with finding happiness and the billions of euros its industry generates?
The image of happiness can be that of parents who encourage their children and never get angry, of spouses who are in tune and natural, of neighbours who are cheerful and helpful, of positive colleagues. Every moment is an opportunity to bring out the best in us. Personal development would be the key to happiness in our times.
Philosophers, sociologists, economists and psychiatrists, among them Christophe André, Èva Illoz, Martin Seligman and Julia De Funès, confront their point of view and decipher one of the most captivating and worrying themes of the beginning of this century.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Directed by: Jean-Christophe Ribot
Genres: Information and current affairs
Year of Production: 2022
Although this content is not our own, we have chosen to share this documentary in the course because from the official link some of our students, depending on the country from where they view the content, could not access the video online.
*In external resources we leave the link to the original content on RTVE activated.
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8PARADOX of LANGUAGE
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9List of Personal Suffering
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10If I didn't have this Suffering...
The second base of ACT: RELATIONAL FRAMEWORKS THEORY
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11FUNCTIONAL CONTEXTUALISM
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12Annex PSYconoce: History of HISTERY · Can PSYCHOLOGY SICKEN?
Video in Spanish language with English subtitles
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13INDIVISIBILITY of the PSYCHOLOGICAL EVENT
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14PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTEXTUAL EVENT
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15Criterion of TRUTH in functional contextualism
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16Implications of functional contextualism in THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE
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17Module Exam: Functional Contextualism
The third base of ACT: EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE DISORDER
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18Relational Framework Theory · RFT
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19Practical EXAMPLE to understand the Relational Framework Theory · RFT
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20Relational Framework Theory · RFT (image)
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21GENERATION in LANGUAGE
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22How we LEARN to DERIVE RELATION
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23Transformation of FUNCTIONS
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24Why WHAT IS LIVED CANNOT BE CHANGED
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25COGNITIVE FUSION: when we confuse our THOUGHTS and FEELINGS
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26EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE: the perpetuation of psychopathology
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27Implications of the Relational Framework Theory for THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE
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28Practical task for understanding Relational Frameworks Theory
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29Module Exam: Relational Frameworks Theory
THERAPEUTIC and CENTRAL OBJECTIVES in ACT
Preparation of the CONTEXT for the THERAPY
ACT CHARACTERISTICS
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41What TYPE of CLIENTS is ACT for?
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42INITIAL therapeutic OBJECTIVES
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43Establishing the THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP
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44BASIC ASPECTS in the THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP
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45POWER, COMPETENCE and therapeutic RELATIONSHIP
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46Role Play: Metaphor of the TWO CLIMBERS
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47ACT Therapist STYLE
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48Role Play: Metaphor of the GARDEN
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49Role Play: Metaphor of the KNOWING the PLACE
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50Transmission of the THERAPIST'S VALUES
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51HUMILITY of the ACT THERAPIST
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52Role Play: Conveying the VERBAL CONTRACT with a focus on VALUES
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53Role Play: Metaphor of the DIRTY GLASS
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54Role Play: Metaphor of the CHILDREN'S EDUCATION
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55Role Play: Metaphor of the DENTIST · Therapy hurts
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56Module Exam: Preparation of the CONTEXT for the THERAPY
Assessment of EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE or PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLEXIBILITY
CREATIVE HOPELESSNESS
The dimensions of the SELF
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67What is WORTH of the SOLUTIONS attempted by the client?
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68Role Play: THERAPEUTIC DIALOGUE
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69Role Play: Metaphor of the FARMER and the DONKEY
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70Role Play: SALIVA Experiment · FUNCTIONAL FIXATION
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71Role Play: Metaphor of the MAN in the HOLE
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72CONFUSION is good, HOPELESSNESS is good, FEELING SINKED is good
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73Role Play: CREATIVE HOPELESSNESS
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74CAUTIONS with CREATIVE HOPELESSNESS
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75Role Play: VALUES in CREATIVE HOPELESSNESS
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76EXPOSURE to HOPELESSNESS
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77DEACTIVATION of functions and DISTANCE in CREATIVE HOPELESSNESS
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78Role Play: DEACTIVATION of FUNCTIONS
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79Strengthening of CREATIVE HOPELESSNESS
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80Module Exam: CREATIVE HOPELESSNESS