Posts tagged with 'act'
Glasgow BABCP conference: 1st day - lecture rant, Anke Ehlers on PTSD, a workshop on the 'strong & curious therapist', and more.
19th July 2018
Yesterday was the first full day of the two & a half day (plus one day of pre-conference workshops) BABCP summer conference in Glasgow. It feels like I've been going to these annual BABCP get-togethers for a thousand years. In so many ways, I think they're great ... although, for …
Further background for the colouring in exercise: gratitude, expressive writing, emotion processing & taking it forward
14th June 2018
This "Further background ... " post adds to the "Initial background for the colouring in exercise: assessment, maps, emotional intelligence & emotion discrimination" in supporting the "The 'emotion colouring in exercise': how to do it". gratitude writing: The second 3-minute section of ... expressive writing: Returning to the ... emotion …
Initial background for the colouring in exercise: assessment, maps, emotional intelligence & emotion differentiation
12th June 2018
This "Initial background" post provides important information to support use of the brief 6-minute "Emotion colouring In exercise". There is additional useful information in the companion post "Further background for the colouring in exercise: gratitude, expressive writing, emotion processing & taking it forward". Emotional intelligence: Emotion differentiation: More to follow …
The "emotion colouring in exercise": how to do it
11th June 2018
The "Emotion colouring In exercise" is a deceptively simple 6-minute writing exercise where we practise identifying and describing our feelings. For important additional information about this process, see the "Initial background for the colouring in exercise: assessment, maps, emotional intelligence & emotion differentiation" and the "Further background for the colouring …
Most people agree on the healthy key values they want to live by and this is real grounds for hope
14th December 2014
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men." Confucius I've long been a fan of Professor Tim Kasser's work. He published his fine first book "The high price of materialism" back in 2002 - see this good 5 minute YouTube video to get a sense …
"To reach the other shore with each step of the crossing": linking this with embodied cognition (2nd post)
28th December 2012
(This post & the previous one in the series are downloadable combined into a Word doc or a PDF file) "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes." Proust "Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds …
"To reach the other shore with each step of the crossing": zazen, associative thinking & value-driven behaviour (1st post)
26th December 2012
(This post & the next in the series are downloadable combined into a Word doc or a PDF file) "But the future is the future, the past is the past; now we should work on something new." Shunryu Suzuki In 1970 I started to learn meditation with the Cambridge Buddhist …
Leeds BABCP conference: Kelly Wells ACT plenary and a skills class on imagery for sport, exercise & life (7th post)
3rd July 2012
I have already written four blog posts about the pre-conference workshop I attended (on Fatigue) and a couple of posts on the conference proper - "Two symposia on how CBT works, Paul Salkovskis's plenary and the compassion special interest group" and "Therapeutic stories & metaphors". Today's post looks further at …
Acceptance & commitment therapy (ACT): recent research & a better assessment measure, the AAQ-II
19th March 2012
I've been interested in the development of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for a number of years. There does seem a good deal to be said for it as an approach, with the underpinning evidence base growing steadily. I have occasionally been a little put off by my sense that …
Particularly if you're socially anxious, try to stay task-focused rather than self-focused
17th December 2011
(This & last week's social anxiety blog posts are available as a PDF file or a Word doc - you may need to 'save' the latter before you can open it) "Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point" C. …