Jessica is a clinician, has conducted grant funded research, is an award winning author, and ACT expert who integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for behavioral medicine as well as other behavioral approaches for helping people with health issues, chronic pain, weight loss, stress, and sleep. Most recently, Jessica has been passionate about self-publishing a self-help, low-cost, ebook. Joanne and I didn't come to ACT from a behavioral background so we were keen to learn about...

Glenn is an expert in behavioral therapies, having authored early publications on Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)—a sister science to ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). On the podcast, Glenn discusses applying behavioral concepts and basic science in general to direct practice. Glenn shares his perspective on current issues in the contextual behavioral science world regarding boundary issues with evocative interpersonal therapeutic contact and shares advancements being made with...

Patti is an extraordinary woman who has accomplished a lot and continues to make new developments in the world of treating many stuck clinical populations. In this first reboot episode of the ACT in Context Podcast, Patti takes us back through the history of learning ACT during its most earliest development (comprehensive distancing) and collaborating with Steven Hayes in the development of the core processes and the goal—purpose of targeting processes for psychological flexibility.

The ACT in Context Podcast is back! Beginning in October of 2018 new episodes will be posted regularly. Producted by Marcel Tasara, hosted by Joanne Steinwachs and Tim Gordon, the ACT in Context Podcast is being offered as both a traditional podcast with audio and as a video podcast (available on YouTube). Just search for ACT in Context Podcast. Our goal with the podcast is to have a series of conversations with some of the interesting members of our contextual behavioral sciencecommunity....

In this episode, Louise Hayes, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and academic at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discusses the use of ACT principles for therapeutic intervention with adolescents. She describes how to make ACT fun and interesting for this age group, as well as the unique challenges of doing this work effectively.

In this episode, Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D., of the Dissemination and Training Division of the Dept of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD and former president of ACBS, speaks to Jen and John about an ACT approach to treating individuals who have survived trauma and who struggle with post-traumatic stress. Listen and learn with Robyn as she discusses the role of acceptance, mindfulness, and values-based work to help individuals learn to live with, and live far beyond, their trauma histories.