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Clinical

The Subtle Essence
of ACT

ACT is easy to describe and much harder to embody. The Subtle Essence of ACT helps clinicians move beyond techniques and protocols toward a more flexible, functional, and relational way of practicing.

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Grounded in Functional Contextualism, Relational Frame Theory, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, the book explores what clinicians attend to, evoke, and model in the room—and how ACT can shape case formulation, supervision, professional development, and the practitioner’s own way of being.

Support Manual

Team Positive

A serious diagnosis affects more than the person receiving it. It changes relationships, responsibilities, communication, energy, and the ways people try to help.

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Team Positive offers a compassionate, practical framework for people coping with chronic or life-changing illness and for the family members, friends, clinicians, and caregivers supporting them.

 

Readers learn how to build a responsive support team, identify meaningful roles, communicate more effectively, manage distress and energy, and provide help that is genuinely useful and sustainable.

TEAM Positive

Selected Papers & Essays

Ideas for a More Functional Practice

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These selected writings examine how behavior becomes understandable in context. Together, they move from the foundations of Functional Contextualism and ACT into clinical decision-making, relational learning, human motivation, individual change, and the larger systems surrounding psychological suffering.

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Written for clinicians, educators, and thoughtful practitioners, each paper offers a different way of seeing—and a more deliberate way of responding.

RIACT Journal
ACBS Community
Todd Schmenk's Writings
RIACT Journal
ACBS Community
Todd Schmenk's Writings
RIACT Journal
ACBS Community
Todd Schmenk's Writings

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Todd Schmenk provides coaching, programs, and workshops for personal and professional growth. These services are educational and are not psychotherapy, psychological assessment, or medical care. Participation does not create a therapist–patient relationship. If you’re seeking therapy, visit our clinical site. In an emergency, call 988 (U.S.), 911, or your local emergency number.  © 2015–2026 by Todd Schmenk, M.S., M.Ed., LMHC

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