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 the innovative approach he and his team are using with ACT.
You can download the impACT manual, contact Chris and find a link to his book on teen addiction, Clearing the Haze at drthurstone.com.
	 
The ACT in Context Podcast is co-hosted by Timothy Gordon & Joanne Steinwachs.
 
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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 podcast where Tim and Joanne both learn a lot and have their own assumptions and practice wisdom challenged and deepened.
Resources mentioned:
Social work podcast http://socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/
	Relentless Health Value Podcast https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/podcast-archive/
	Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention (School-Based Practice in Action) Written by Jonathan! https://www.amazon.com/Suicide-Schools-Practitioners-Intervention-School-Based/dp/0415857031
	Dr. Shawn Shea
	https://suicideassessment.com/the-case-approach/
	Zero Suicide
	https://zerosuicide.sprc.org/
	
	The Practical Art of Suicide Assessment https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Art-Suicide-Assessment-Professionals/dp/0615455646
	
	The ACT in Context Podcast in co-hosted by Joanne Steinwachs and Timothy Gordon.
Curious to learn more about ACT? Get your free acceptance and commitment therapy self-help ebook:
	http://eepurl.com/c9X9jn
Resources for Professionals:
	https://thezensocialworker.thinkific.com 

38: with Jonathan Singer

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 pioneering innovations in RFT from basic science, laboratory experiements to a clinical application of RFT, ROE (relating, orienting, evoking). Yvonne shares her insights into clinical practice from a ROE/RFT approach that is unique and will be of interest to clinicians seeking to advance their ACT practice or simply find novel of applying the theory under the proverbial hood of ACT.
 
For more on clinical applications of basic behavioural science check out www.go-rft.com
 
For those interested in a primer on behavioural science (especially those who did not have an education steeped in behavior analysis/functional analysis), Joanne Steinwachs & Timothy Gordon (your podcast hosts) are preparing an intensive online course for clinicians available at https://thezensocialworker.thinkific.com
 
The ACT in Context Podcast in co-hosted by Joanne Steinwachs and Timothy Gordon.
Curious to learn more about ACT? Get your free acceptance and commitment therapy self-help ebook:
	http://eepurl.com/c9X9jn
Resources for Professionals:
	https://thezensocialworker.thinkific.com 

37: with Yvonne Barnes-Holmes

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 ACT. He discusses his personal and professional journey working with eating disordered clients.
The ACT in Context Podcast in co-hosted by Joanne Steinwachs and Timothy Gordon.
Curious to learn more about ACT? Get your free acceptance and commitment therapy self-help ebook:
	http://eepurl.com/c9X9jn
Resources for Professionals:
	https://thezensocialworker.thinkific.com

36: with Emmett "Rick" Bishop

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 other times don't view their behavior as problematic and making ACT experiential in a way that encourages perpetrators to understand their behavior functionally so that they can begin practicing ACT in and out of session.
 
The ACT in Context Podcast in co-hosted by Joanne Steinwachs and Timothy Gordon.
 
Curious to learn more about ACT? Get your free acceptance and commitment therapy self-help ebook:
	http://eepurl.com/c9X9jn
Resources for Professionals:
	https://thezensocialworker.thinkific.com 

35: on Treating Perpetrators

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 practice and technique in this episode with a focus on what works for each. Make sure to listen on to the end of the podcast where Tim and Joanne take a moment to debrief.
The ACT in Context Podcast is co-hosted by Joanne Steinwachs and Timothy Gordon.
Dennis’ website:
	mindfulcompassion.com
Follow Dennis' very active twitter account for enlightening tweets about compassion, mindfulness, and the muck of living: @DennisTirchPhD
The Praxis Many Voices Episodes Referenced:
	https://youtu.be/GXQLXuiOhNU
	https://youtu.be/hrzHfvxoQRE
Books mentioned in the podcast:
	David Sloan Wilson Evolution for Everyone
	Dennis Tirsch Experiencing ACT from the Inside Out, Release date Spring 2019
	Dennis Tirsch ACT Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Compassion
	Kelly Wilson Mindfulness for Two
Curious to learn more about ACT? Get your free acceptance and commitment therapy self-help ebook:
	http://eepurl.com/c9X9jn
Resources for Professionals:
	https://thezensocialworker.thinkific.com

26: with Chris Thurstone

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