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Understand the process of de-tangling from the struggle

ACT Auntie created this accessible, understandable visual explanation of what it means to step back from what you’re struggling from, to disentangle yourself from the power of thoughts and feelings, and to move towards your values. We love that she included...

Superfeelers: 5 steps to managing overwhelming emotions (1 min read)

Emotion Regulation, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Dr. Z recently contributed a blog post for welldoing.org that introduced her work with superfeelers and the approach taken in Escaping the Emotional Rollercoaster. Within this short article, she briefly explains how behaviors can often be a “bandaid” for...

Training opportunity: Learn how to work with super-feelers with Dr.Z (2 min read)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

The 2019 Anxiety and Depression Conference is on next month, March 28-31 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Z will be presenting a clinical case example alongside the other members of the panel to demonstrate her clinical thinking regarding...

Clinicians: What to do when parents come to therapy and ask you to “fix” their teen (2 min read)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Values

Dr. Z recently posted a blog on the New Harbinger Publications blog with a tip for therapists helping frazzled parents with emotionally dysregulated teens. She outlines and begins to explain some initial steps to working with these parents from an ACT frame: Create...

Super-feelers: a 6-min video: how did I become a super-feeler?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments, Exposure

Parent series: appreciation skills– “I see you”

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Interpersonal problems, Parent series: general parenting, Parent series: OCD

Dr. Zurita Ona’s recently published book discusses parenting skills that they may be especially helpful for parents of teens who seem to have an emotional switch that turns to the max in response to small triggers. One of the core skills emphasizes appreciation of...