TODD SCHMENK, MS, MEd

Pre-TSD, Functional Contextualism, RFT, ACT, Iatrogenesis, Idiographic Practice, Committed Action, Values Clarification, Microplastics, Ultra-Processed Foods, Climate Grief, AI Displacement, Psychological Flexibility, Systemic Harm

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is one of the most frequently misunderstood approaches I’ve come across—by students, newer clinicians, and sometimes even those actively practicing within the model.

If you’ve practiced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), you’re likely familiar with the six core processes of psychological flexibility

Developing and understanding, both verbally and experientially, the flexible use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

When it comes to all the labels out there, it seems that after all these years, the inception of the first version of the DSM-V that the approach is not giving us the types of results that we had been hoping for. This makes sense when you think about the birth of psychological approaches coming from within the medical system.