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Great question. Something did come up: sadness. As the therapist, we lean into it that verbal utterance, breaking convention and encouraging a recognition of what is happening - the connection to the sadness.

Yes! Tell me what stands out to you.

@@TimothyGordon Thanks. Awareness and taking responsibility are the same in both approaches.

Thank you kindly for saying so. 💛

Hello! I’d be happy to make a video for you on this. Can you tell me more about what has you confused? In the meantime, here’s more about how ACT can be used practically in daily life as you asked in your comment. For example, me right here now in this moment, responding to your comment. I’m a person, a social worker, a father, husband, a business owner, a content creator! There’s a voice inside of me that has a great doubt that I shouldn’t be creating a video directly in response to your comment on my RUclips video because you might feel that that calls you out or that it comes off as disingenuous. But my values tell me that putting out accurate, trustworthy and reliable content is the real me! So I have to ask myself who I want to be, do I want to listen to my insecurities and perhaps fuse with them? Or do I want to engage with my values and put myself out there in a way that might feel risky, this comment is the middle ground between responding to your comment and making a video. I’m still open to making the video, because my work is important to me and connecting with you if you’re genuinely looking to learn about ACT matters a lot to me. And if you’re just in the comments trolling, well that’s okay too. Because what happens here doesn’t define how I evaluate my success. I define success based on my freedom to engage with my values. And that’s how I also know I’m truly free. 💛 I hope this helps. I’m here for you @elizabethhollins5988

@TimothyGordon Your question is confusing bc I never said I was confused. My comment stands as is. Seeking a practical examples of its use in daily situations. Ex. Frustrated bc management won't hire staffing to provide safe patient care, they say they've been interviewing. We're being told this for over a year. How does one use ACT that.

Pardon me. I meant your confusion in it being unclear to you what ACT is. I’m asking if you can tell me more about what seems unclear about what is after watching the video. Did you see the rest of my comment after my question outlining how I am using ACT right now, with you?

@TimothyGordon nope, I didn't see the rest of your first the comment. Thanks for the effort. GN

Thanks for letting me know, please use the built in video speed tool in RUclips to slow me down. And believe me, I get this feedback (talking too quickly) in real life all the time.

Thank you kindly Drew!! Yes! I’m happy to answer: I’m using OBS to manage my video feed, microphone and the Apple iPad, it’s not perfect but it works well; within the iPad I’m using Paper, a wonderful piece of software that works nicely with the Apple Pencil.

Teach new responses and use relational frames for experimental ways to consider new types of response! I’d love to make a video on this topic for you!

Thanks for saying so!! Let me know if you have any questions, I’d love to make a video answering them. 💛

Hey... Hold on! You are much stronger than you think! Keep searching for a therapist, if you don't give up, you'll definitely find one, who's gonna help you! Don't ever give up on life! We are here to learn lessons. And sadly the best way to do that is by traumas and then healing these traumas. Stay safe! I'm sending hugs.

Thanks so much for saying so! I’m living my values: I spend most of my time with my family. I’ll be back to RUclips, especially once my kids are older, don’t think I’m cool and don’t want to hang out with me anymore. I’m the meantime, my littlest just held my hand yesterday and told me I’m his best friend. 🥺

Thanks for the question and pardon my delay in responding. I’ve read the book a couple of times. It’s a simple read, easy to understand (unlike ACT, haha!) and integrates smoothly into most peoples lives but misses the mark for many, myself included. I think it could easily be chalked up to: different strokes for different folks. For example, some people don’t “struggle” with negative thinking, they need exposure, perhaps an interoceptive approach or simply prolonged exposure. As rich and nuanced as our mental health struggles and personal lives are, so is the need for good interventions with methodological rigour and accessibility. Said more simply, there’s lot of room in the market for other approaches.

You're welcome 😊

Yes! Yet totally different. Cool, eh?

Thanks for saying so!!

Thank you too for watching and commenting. 💛

Yes I have! I use the “Inner Active” cards regularly. Do you know much about IFS? Apart from the cards, I don’t integrate IFS into my trauma work with clients.

I appreciate your reply! Yes, I’m pretty knowledgeable with IFS and use it with my clients that have PTSD. The results are astonishingly good. It’s always an amazing experience watching clients heal the exiled parts of themselves during the unburdening process. I think you’re a very talented therapist and you’d be great at IFS if you’re interested in exploring it further. It’s really not that big of a leap from ACT to IFS. I watched a video of you talking about trauma and ACT self-as-context and it sounded a lot like clients unblending and accessing Self Energy as described in IFS, which prompted my question to you.

@@cryptobull2493 cool! Can we set up a time to have a chat and talk about IFS? Maybe I can do a video on me learning about IFS and integrating it into my work - if you’re comfortable with it, we could collaborate on a video or training!?

Sure, I’d love to set up a time to talk and possibly collaborate. I don’t have your contact information, but I can DM you on IG :)

For ppl with self medicating behaviors not all are acting from escaping a negative element. It has been suppressed over time then becomes automatic without a triggering event

Love your comment about self medicating, yes! Re: subconscious, unconscious beliefs - that is a wonderful place to assess, I do a lot of implicit reaction work with clients to explore fusion, rules, stories they have about experiences.

That’s a beautiful message. Thank you kindly for sharing.

That’s a beautiful message. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your healing journey. 🙏🏼

Thank you so much for the compliment. Please stay in touch and let me know about your journey with ACT and don’t hesitate to follow-up. If you have ideas for future videos, I’d be happy to put together a specialty topic for you.

They’re gone! I really liked those shelves though.

You should have tried to accept the pain they caused you

Yes!! How have you been treating yourself recently?

Thanks so much for the compliment and for watching along. Yes! You’re absolutely right. I’ve recently made an updated video about learning ACT and exactly what you’ve described is how I experience it; the longer I practice ACT, learn about how it works - the more I deepen my practice and ease of introducing it everywhere.

I truly appreciate you taking the time to respond to me. I'll definitely be checking that out. Interestingly enough over this week and I had a difficult week and I finally made a decision to look into therapy. I reached out to a therapist and I'm going to have a 15 minute consultation later today. I'm looking forward to this new chapter and she practices act I've already watched this video three times today so I'm trying to really understand it. It sounds like this is a game changer. Again, I really appreciate you.

@@Satsui_No_Hado you’re welcome!!! I appreciate you investing in yourself with some good quality therapy. Stay in touch. 💛

​​@@TimothyGordonI'll definitely stay in touch and I'll keep watching your content as well. You're welcome! So I do have one quick question for you that the therapist I found she seems really good. She only does it through. I guess telehealth and she's out of network as well. Is doing therapy through a camera as beneficial as doing it in person? It seems like that's tougher to do since COVID and there's a lot of people and waiting list out there so this is a chance to get in. I'm just curious what your suggestion would be Our first appointment is going to be this upcoming Monday so I thought about it on Sunday. Reached out on Sunday. She reached back on Monday and before Monday night I made a commitment to have an appointment

Yes! You’re absolutely right and I think how thorough you are in explaining what’s missing is useful to me. I made this video series years, and years ago trying not to focus on specific problems but instead the processes. I know now I was wrong to do that because someone who follow’s along can’t apply it as easily. I’m taking some time next year to redevelop material and I think these videos should be at the top of my list! Any suggestions for specific problems I could be addressing?

@@TimothyGordon Brother i explained details in reply to you in another comment "best mindfulness books" video.

You’re correct! You may have misheard me, perhaps I was speaking too quickly, or I simply may have described things in a confusing manner. Your explanation is spot on. 👍🏼

Thanks for saying so!!! I’m working on getting back into producing videos regularly. Tell me what you’d like to see!?

​​@@TimothyGordonlike videos on How to practice mindfulness in daily life , mental therapy videos , videos on overcoming mental challenges like (fear , procastination , anxeity issues , depression , stage fear, pain, for example you can take a act practice from those books and explain how to apply them in daily life and how it changes our life) .you know melrobbins(youtube) she makes videos on this kind of things but im not connected to her (cuz i feel like she is talking to some one else) and there is tealswan(youtube) her videos are little good . i know you did "Brief Act practices" series but they are not long enough to connect with us (as it lacks explanation of problems and how this solution solves problem .....) if you dont mind refer their videos but i love to see your videos and 1m subscribers cuz your explanation is good . Brother i downloaded your 30 day yoga challenge videos and i watch them in free time so that i get motivated to do yoga and how to be present while doing so . Thank you from bottom of my heart for your work

Thank you for sharing. I’m honoured to be a part of your journey. 🙏🏼