Resources

Welcome to the RIACT Resource Library — a curated collection of tools, ideas, and references designed to help you deepen your clinical skillset, strengthen your business foundation, and stay connected to the evolving world of Contextual Behavioral Science.

Whether you're a new clinician, a seasoned supervisor, or simply curious about ACT and process-based approaches, this page serves as a guided entry point into the materials that matter.

You’ll find resources organized into the following areas:

Clinical Resources

Practical worksheets, metaphors, conceptualization templates, assessment tools, and interventions designed to support intentional, process-based clinical work.

Clinical Resources

1. ACT Foundations A core orientation to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Includes beginner-friendly explanations, philosophical foundations, psychological flexibility framework, and how ACT differs from traditional approaches. Start here if you’re building familiarity or refreshing fundamentals. 2. ACT Core Processes Deep dives into each of the six ACT processes, including rationale,

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Business Resources

Guides, checklists, and frameworks for documentation, practice setup, marketing, private-practice systems, and sustainable business habits.

Business Resources

Business ResourcesRather than each clinician operating in isolation, paying full cost for tools, software, marketing, and business systems, we share the load—reducing individual burden while strengthening collective outcomes.RIACTTodd Schmenk

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Recommended Resources

A curated collection of books, media, and tools that inform our ACT-in-context approach. These resources are offered to support learning, reflection, and practical application—use what works, leave the rest.

Recommended Resources

This page gathers books, articles, podcasts, tools, and trainings that have meaningfully shaped our work. These resources are offered as supports for learning, reflection, and skill development—not as rules to follow.

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Research & Overviews (coming)

Summaries, papers, commentary, and digestible translations of key findings across ACT, PBT, RFT, and the broader contextual science literature.

Functional Contextualism (coming)

Accessible explanations, reflections, and application guides on the philosophy that underpins ACT and PBT — with a focus on clarity, workability, and relevance.

Relational Frame Theory (coming)

Key concepts, training tools, and real-world examples to help clinicians translate RFT into applied practice and meaningful behavior change.

Thought Leaders (coming)

A directory of the researchers, clinicians, and educators shaping the field — with brief bios, highlighted contributions, and links to books, talks, and interviews.