ACT in Context

38: with Jonathan Singer

Jonathan Singer Ph.D is a proud social worker and an expert on suicide. He is also the host of the Social Work podcast. http://socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/ We discuss his conceptualization of suicide, especially looking at clinician’s assumptions about suicide. This is a powerful...

37: with Yvonne Barnes-Holmes

Relational Frame Theory (RFT) has gained interest as a disctinct approach to working with human psychopathology from a functional analysis framework including cognition. Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, our guest on this episode of the podcast has long been at the helm of...

36: with Emmett "Rick" Bishop

Dr. Emmett “Rick” Bishop is the co-founder of the Eating Recovery Center, the nation's only health care system dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders at all levels of care. Several years ago, Rick transitioned the entire treatment approach to...

35: on Treating Perpetrators

Tim and Joanne continue their discussion of the complexities adapting ACT to trauma, focusing on working with perpetrators in this episode. We talk about the challenges of engaging offenders in treatment when they are sometimes mandated to attend or at...

34: with Dennis Tirch

Dennis is an innovator straddling the words of ACT and CFT (Compassion Focused Therapy). He joins us to talk about the intersection of radical behaviorism in a wide ranging and intellectually rigorous conversation. Joanne, Dennis, and Tim each reflect on...

33: with Niklas Törneke

Why learn Relational Frame Theory (RFT)? Niklas Törneke, who’s written extensively about RFT talks to us about his journey as a clinician learning RFT and integrating it into his practice as well as his commitment to helping others learn. The ACT...

32: on Complex Trauma (Part 3)

Tim and Joanne continue their discussion of working with people experiencing complex trauma. This episode covers a variety of topics relevant for clinicians, particularly the impact on the therapist of doing this work. Intrusive and flooding memories are discussed in...

31: ACT for Groups with Joann Wright & Darrah Westrup

On this episode we discuss a much requested topic: ACT for Groups with Joann Wright and Darrah Westrup. Dives deep into our own experience of running ACT groups as well as technical proficiences we've developed over time. It occurs to...

30: on Mindful Yoga-based ACT with Timothy Gordon, Jessica Borushok & Steve Ferrell

Mindful Yoga-based ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) is a program created by Timothy Gordon and co-developed by Jessica Borushok and Steve Ferrell. MYACT is an 8 week group protocol integrating yoga into clinical practice for therapists that blends yoga philosophy...

29: with DJ Moran

Daniel J. (DJ) Moran takes a deep dive with us into the discourse of ACT as an empirically supported treatment and how its underlying philosophy of functional contextualism can be used to empower clinicians as technical ecclectics, who can integrate...

28: with Manuela O'Connell

Manuela is a peer reviewed ACT trainer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. We talk about her experiences in being one of the major forces for ACT dissemination in South America, both the triumphs and the challenges. Best of all, Manuela walks...

27: with David Sloan Wilson

David Sloan Wilson, a leading voice in the application of evolutionary science to all things psychosocial is our guest on the ACT in Context Podcast. We discuss evolutionary science as it can be applied to real world contexts, such as...

26: with Chris Thurstone

Chris Thurstone leads the STEP (Substance Treatment Education and Prevention) program at Denver Health Hospital. STEP is an in the school program for adolescents struggling with substance use. Chris describes the joys and heartbreaks of doing this work along with...

25: with Jill Stoddard

Jill Stoddard joins us for an in-depth talk about integrating metaphor into experiential practice for behavior change. Jill is the co-author/editor of The Big Book of ACT Metaphors, a highly practical guide that truly informs the reader on how metaphors...

24: with John P. Forsyth

We had the pleasure of spending the better part of two hours talking with an early innovator in the world of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), John Forsyth. Our conversation waxes between our own early experiences of radical behavioral approaches...

23: with Khashayar Farhadi Langroudi

Khashayar Farhadi Langroudi is the former chair of the ACBS diversity, equity, and inclusion committee. His work has focused on understanding and disassembling processes that lead to issues of diversity, equity and inclusion including homophobia, racism, and even partisan perspectives...

22: with Rikke Kjelgaard

Rikke Kjelgaard is an acceptance and commitment therapy pioneer in experiential training, her work focuses on clinicians coming in contact with ACT's model of psychological flexibility and living it themselves in their moment to moment interactions with clients. We talk...

21: with Jennifer Gregg

This episode, our guest Jennifer Gregg discusses the experience (with clinical examples) on working with people whoa are dying and working through end of life planning. Our conversation moves through discussing an example of working with a parent of young...

20: with Janina Scarlet

Janina talks to us about her outstandingly creative work, tapping pop culture, particularly superhero comics as a powerful way to help people change. Janina geeks out with us about Xmen, Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’ Story, ACT core processes and trauma...

19: with Joe Oliver

Joe Oliver discusses his journey through learning ACT and Relational Frame Theory, as well as integrating ACT for work with psychosis and applying RFT clinically. Learning Relational Frame Theory (RFT), the theory underpinning ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) is regarded as...

18: with Miranda Morris

Our guest Miranda Morris shares her personal journey of coming to ACT and implementing contextual behavioural science in her career as a psychologist in private practice. We discuss difficulties with applying CBT to ourselves, still needing to learn and use...

17: on Complex Trauma (Part 2)

This episode is a continuation from our last (part 1) discussing the implications of treating complex trauma from an acceptance and mindfulness approach with ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and other allied approaches (including using RFT to understand trauma and...

16: on Complex Trauma (Part 1)

This week we discuss the ins and outs of understanding how to treat complex trauma from an acceptance and mindfulness approach with ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and other allied approaches (including using RFT to understand trauma and sensory issues...

15: with Jenna LeJeune

Jenna is a long-time ACT practitioner who is a co-founder at the Portland Psychotherapy Clinic. Apart from being a luminary in the world of contextual behavioral science, giving advanced workshops on building expertise with ACT skills, and valuing in ACT,...

14: with Jessica Borushok

Jessica is a clinician, has conducted grant funded research, is an award winning author, and ACT expert who integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for behavioral medicine as well as other behavioral approaches for helping people with health issues, chronic...

13: with Glenn Callaghan

Glenn is an expert in behavioral therapies, having authored early publications on Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)—a sister science to ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). On the podcast, Glenn discusses applying behavioral concepts and basic science in general to direct practice....

12: with Patricia Robinson

Patti is an extraordinary woman who has accomplished a lot and continues to make new developments in the world of treating many stuck clinical populations. In this first reboot episode of the ACT in Context Podcast, Patti takes us back...

ACT in Context Podcast REBOOT (2018 Trailer)

The ACT in Context Podcast is back! Beginning in October of 2018 new episodes will be posted regularly. Producted by Marcel Tasara, hosted by Joanne Steinwachs and Tim Gordon, the ACT in Context Podcast is being offered as both a...

11: ACT with Adolescents with Dr. Louise Hayes

In this episode, Louise Hayes, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and academic at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discusses the use of ACT principles for therapeutic intervention with adolescents. She describes how to make ACT fun and interesting for this age group,...

10: ACT for Coping with Trauma and PTSD with Robyn Walser

In this episode, Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D., of the Dissemination and Training Division of the Dept of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD and former president of ACBS, speaks to Jen and John about an ACT approach to treating individuals...

09: An Introduction to Committed ACTion with Daniel J. Moran

08: An Introduction to Values with Joanne Dahl

07: An Introduction to Contacting the Present Moment with Kelly Wilson

06: An Introduction to Self-As-Context with Matthieu Villatte

05: An Introduction to Defusion with Russ Harris

04: An Introduction to Acceptance with Sonja Batten

03: The History and Development of ACT with Steven Hayes

02: An introduction to ACT Part 2

01: An introduction to ACT Part 1