HANNAH BOETTCHER, PH.D.
RESOURCES
Here, find handouts and exercises for practicing acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and other strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
While these don’t substitute for personalized mental health advice, my hope is that they’re helpful for independent skills practice. Anyone is welcome to use freely.
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ACT Psychological Flexibility Skills
Flexibility Skills in One Page
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Other ACT Handouts and Worksheets (some courtesy of Russ Harris)
Evolution and the Emotional Control Agenda
Assessing the Emotional Control Agenda
Cognitive Defusion vs. Cognitive Restructuring
Engaging, focusing and savoring
Values and Priorities List (courtesy of Marsha Linehan's DBT)
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How does ACT apply to...
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Other Cognitive-Behavioral Skills
Functional Analysis of Target Behaviors
Acceptance-Based Exposure Therapy
RAIN for Self-Compassion (courtesy of Tara Brach)
Interpersonal Goals and Skills (courtesy of Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
Embracing Multiplicity within CBT/ACT
Coping Cribsheet (quick tips for managing unexpected stressors)
Safety Plan Template (for surviving crisis)
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The Therapy Process
How to Find and Choose a Therapist
Getting the Most out of Therapy
Staying Well When Reducing Therapy
Managing Your Therapist's Leave
Out-of-Network Costs and Reimbursement
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Guided Audio
Present-focused attention
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Experiential acceptance
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Self-as-context: Identifying as observer (adapted from Hayes et al., 1999)
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Self-as-context: Disidentifying from contents
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Self-compassion (adapted from Russ Harris)