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Behavior
is Not a Mystery. 

It follows rules.  Learning those rules changes how we practice, teach, and live.  Context key. When behavior is understood in context, flexibility becomes possible and workable change follows.

The Deeply Functional podcast offers short, practice grounded reflections on psychological flexibility, clinical work, and living with care under real constraints.

ACT peer-reviewed trainer · clinician · supervisor · writer · podcaster

Grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Functional Contextualism, and years of clinical practice.

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You Don't Need to Start Over:

Seeing Differently in the Therapy Room

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Deeply Functional Work with Trauma

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Deeply Functional Work with Anxiety

Why Context Is Everything: An Introduction to Functional Contextualism

Functional contextualism is a philosophical framework, not a therapy model. It is the lens through which contextual behavioral science, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by extension, understands behavior, language, and change. 

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Why I Work This Way: A Glimpse Into Contextual Awareness in Session

As a clinician, I used to get stuck trying to make sense of everything a client brought into the room: the stories, the thoughts, the memories, the symptoms. It's how I was trained after all, and most likely, it was your training too.

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Prime Directives for Clinicians

These Prime Directives are not clinical rules or treatment protocols. They are values-based operating instructions designed to support functional decision making across therapy, supervision, consultation, and professional life. 

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Work With Me

This work includes training, consultation, supervision, and professional development for clinicians and organizations interested in applying ACT and process based approaches with greater clarity and precision.

CONTACT

CONTACT ME

Have a question?  Looking for consultation on a specific topic I address?  Want to set up a training or presentation?  Contact me here.

PHONE

401-384-0701

ADDRESS

2100 Broad Street

Cranston, RI 02905

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© 2015 by Todd Schmenk, M.S., M.Ed., LMHC

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