Deeply Functional is a podcast about practicing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) beyond techniques and toward functional fluency.
Each episode explores how behavior, thoughts, emotions, and relationships make sense in context—and how therapists can respond with greater precision, flexibility, and humanity.
Grounded in Functional Contextualism and Relational Frame Theory, the show focuses on workability, real-world clinical decision-making, and the subtle craft of being effective in the therapy room.
Deeply Functional is a psychotherapy podcast focused on ACT, Functional Contextualism, and real-world clinical decision-making. Episodes explore workability, context, and the craft of effective therapy beyond techniques.
Deeply Functional Extras
Deeply Functional Extras is a companion space to the Deeply Functional podcast designed to help you move from listening to doing.
This feed includes Philosopher’s Notes which offer short focused summaries of each main episode highlighting core functional ideas key distinctions and clinical takeaways. It also includes Quick Blips which are brief exercises prompts or practice pointers you can use immediately in sessions or in your own work. From time to time you will also find Support Sheets that translate concepts into clear usable tools.
Deeply Functional Extras is less about more content and more about clarity integration and application. The goal is to help you stay oriented to function context and workability as you deepen your practice.
Access to Deeply Functional Extras is available to Supporter level members and above as part of the RIACT community.