Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
