What is ACCEPTANCE in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy? Pushing away paper exercise (Russ Harris) 

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Still finding my feet a bit with the presentation and where to pitch it and trying to find a balance between what ACT therapists, therapists who don’t know ACT and people who aren’t therapists at all will find helpful.

Thank you, that’s very kind of you to say so.

thought the same!

@@bdzapata love your avatar :D

Thanks Lauren, glad you find them helpful. Getting in the flow with them now regarding how I feel in front of the camera, and the practical side too in terms of editing etc so hopefully plenty more helpful content to come.

@@TherapyinACTionOfficial Well I'm so glad ur getting more comfortable making this style of videos bc I certainly would love to see more! Thx again!! 🥰

Well in this metaphor the paper has to be there (as there is no psychological mechanism to stop thinking that is healthy) but it isn't directly in front of you. Having it in front of you will be the same as rumination, and most likely keep you stuck. We need to try and find away (and I appreciate this isn't easy) to metaphorically put that paper on our laps (i.e. have an acceptance of the thought being there but not allowing it to get in the way of taking some meaningful action in the present moment). So if you weren't ruminating what would you be doing? Whats the rumination getting in the way of? I would do this very early. Session one might be more fact finding about why they have come to me and if its something i can help with. I would almost certainly doing it in session 2 or 3 and then finish the session with something along the lines of using the next sessions to practice ways of metaphorically putting the thoughts on our lap so they don't interfere with what we want to get out of life (but make it more specific to their therapy goal). Hope that makes sense!

That helps a lot, thank you so much 😊

i got that for a week too lol