ACT for Adolescents

We begin by exploring a road map for the course and your learning experiences.

We dive into assessment and building rapport with clients, with therapy demonstrations to guide your learning.

We tackle winning over reluctant clients in this session, with practical strategies and demonstrations to enrich your learning.

We explore using the choice point in therapy.

We explore how mindfulness can be fun with jelly snakes.

A bonus module packed with some extra resources and therapy demonstrations to enrich your learning.

This optional module contains your reading and assignments for the week.

Quiz questions

We begin by acquainting ourselves with our friend, creative hopelessness.

We explore the gentle art of confronting in this module, with therapy demonstrations by Russ Harris to illustrate.

This module focuses on dropping the struggle, with helpful metaphors to illustrate.

We investigate a direct route, with therapy demonstrations to model the key concepts.

We investigate the caveman mind metaphor in this module.

Some additional fun mindfulness exercises are explored in this module.

A bonus module packed with extra resources and therapy demonstrations to enrich your learning.

Some optional reading and assignments tasks for the week are contained in this module.

Quiz questions

We begin week three by investigating function spotting, with therapy demonstrations to illustrate key points.

This is a bonus module that investigates functional analysis in more depth.

We tackle anger and aggression, with therapy demonstrations to illustrate key learning concepts.

This module explores values, with Russ Harris demonstrating key points in session.

More fun mindfulness approaches are explored in this module.

We focus on creativity with values in this session.

We continue exploring values, investigating extracting and extending values in session.

We delve into values and committed action homework to utilize with clients.

This module explores committed action and behavorial experiments in session.

A bonus module with more mindful activities.

This module contains your optional reading and assignments for the week.

Quiz questions

We being week four by investigating interlinked processes such as unhooking and anchoring.

This module demonstrates using 'bubble wrap thoughts' in session.

This module demonstrates the sushi train metaphor, with some practical scripts to use in session.

More 'mindfulness can be fun' examples are contained in this module.

We explore using cardboard tubes in session as a metaphor for flexible attention.

A highly demonstrative module which illustrates dropping anchor in session.

We delve into poetry for defusion, with tips and demonstrations to enrich your learning.

A bonus module exploring starting a session with dropping anchor.

We investigate using the choice point and defusion in this module.

A bonus module packed with optional resources to enrich your learning.

This module contains optional reading and assignments for the week.

Quiz questions

We begin week five by exploring openness and curiosity.

This module delves into unhooking from rigid rules.

A practical module which explores some fun strategies to use in session when delving into struggle verses acceptance.

Further fun mindfulness activities are explored in this session.

This module explores reframing negative thoughts and feelings, with therapy demonstrations to guide the learning.

We explore how to make the self-as-context relevant, clear and practical in this module.

Self-compassion is the focus of this highly practical module.

We explore reinforcing new behavior, with therapy demonstrations to guide key concepts.

We investigate the choice point for opening up in this module.

A bonus module packed with extra learning material to enrich your journey.

Optional reading and assignments for the week are contained in this module.

Quiz questions

We begin week six by exploring client motivation and fostering change.

We explore reminding clients that life ain't easy, with metaphors demonstrated in session to enrich the learning experience.

We investigate defusion from reason giving in this module.

We tackle how to handle setbacks, with demonstrations illustrating key learning areas.

We go back to basics in this module, reviewing key ideas.

Some final concluding thoughts and ideas are the focus of this module.

A bonus module packed to the brim with therapy demonstrations and resources.

Optional reading and assignments are contained in this module.

Quiz questions and conclusion