Setting an Agenda

Free Acceptance and Commitment Therapy guide from Trauma-Focused ACT

Make your therapy sessions more effective and balanced with this Setting an Agenda guide by Russ Harris. This resource explains how to prioritise topics, from risk and relationship issues to session stoppers and values work, while maintaining flexibility and compassion throughout the ACT triflex: being present, opening up, and doing what matters.

Use this free guide to:

  • Structure sessions for clarity and therapeutic momentum

  • Balance presence, acceptance, and committed action

  • Keep therapy collaborative, compassionate, and goal-focused

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Setting an Agenda

An extract from the textbook, 'Trauma-Focused ACT', by Russ Harris.