Free Acceptance and Commitment Therapy exercise from Trauma-Focused ACT
Learn a powerful mindfulness and defusion technique to help clients manage rumination, worry, and obsessive thinking. In this Trauma-Focused ACT exercise, Russ Harris demonstrates how to help clients “dip in and out” of repetitive thoughts: acknowledging them without avoidance or distraction, and choosing when to re-engage with the present moment.
The guide includes a full therapist script, client prompts, and a variation for structured “Worry Time.”
Use this free resource to:
Teach clients awareness and flexibility around worrying and rumination
Practice mindful disengagement from unhelpful thought patterns
Integrate ACT defusion and acceptance skills into therapy sessions
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.
