So, you would like to become more aligned with being an ACT oriented therapist, coach, trainer, etc.
What measures should you be paying attention to?
I stumbled across this a couples years back and found it was the perfect tool to address just these notions. Below is an assessment which you can use to evaluate where you are in your journey to become more aligned with ACT and the underlying principles of it plus gauge where you should focus to improve your ACT stance.
One of the basic agreements in using ACT in session with others, is that you agree to using ACT for yourself. I have found that it is much easier and congruent to strive to walk your talk and understand just what ACT has to offer.
In doing so, it becomes only natural for this stance to become second nature and something you can easily exemplify in session with other.
Psychological flexibility is not only useful for others, but for us as helping professionals. As an added bonus, it also helps in preventing professional burnout and compassion fatigue.
From the assessment:
The basic psychological stance of the ACT therapist is an especially important factor in providing good treatment. This involves being able to make contact with the “space” from which ACT naturally flows, as well as modeling certain facets of psychological flexibility that we seek to impart to the client.
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