Trauma Focused ACT: Extra Bits

Free clinical resources from Dr Russ Harris

Explore a comprehensive set of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) tools for working with trauma, developed by the world’s leading ACT trainer, Russ Harris. These free resources complement his book Trauma-Focused ACT: A Practitioner’s Guide to Working with Mind, Body & Emotion, offering worksheets, scripts, client handouts, and guided audios for trauma-informed care.

Designed for mental health professionals, these materials support work across PTSD, complex trauma, grief, moral injury, shame, addiction, and emotional regulation. Learn practical ways to help clients find safety, regulate arousal, unhook from painful memories, and reconnect with values.

Free downloads include:

  • ACT case formulation worksheets and diagrams

  • Dropping Anchor mindfulness audios and scripts

  • Kind Hand and Loving-Kindness Meditation exercises

  • Caveman Mind and Struggle Switch metaphors

  • Values, Choice Point, and Exposure worksheets

  • Compassion for Your Client audio

  • Relapse prevention and self-forgiveness tools

If you want to enhance and adapt your skills to work efficiently, compassionately and creatively with the entire spectrum of trauma-related issues, visit our Trauma-Focused ACT course taught by Dr Russ Harris.

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Trauma Focused ACT: Extra Bits

By Russ Harris