Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for School Psychologists

In addition to sharing information on psychological flexibility and innovations specifically designed for youth (DNA-v, Kidflex), this video also provides information about why school mental health practitioners may want to consider Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as part of continuously improving their overall practice and expanding the reach and impact of what is already working for them in their current practice setting.

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:14:04 - Dr. O'Dell's Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) learning journey
0:19:35 - Why consider ACT?
0:34:22 - Essential Therapeutic Skills (for ACT or any approach)
0:39:26 - ACT and how it relates to Contextual Behavioral Science
0:45:19 - Psychological inflexibility as primary treatment target of ACT
0:48:04 - General characteristics of change across levels of analysis
0:52:18 - Psychological flexibility model explained (Overview)
1:04:36 - "Triflex" model of psychological flexibility
1:08:43 - "Triflex" model of psychological flexibility (pt 2 after power outage disruption)
1:09:41 - "Hexaflex" model of psychological flexibility and "The ACT Question"
1:13:01 - Clarifying the concept of Acceptance in ACT
1:15:32 - "Getting a cork out of a wine bottle" metaphor for the general form of the ACT approach
1:19:43 - Clinician reads on intrinsic motivation for youth to enhance psychological flexibility
1:22:51 - 'Kidflex' model of psychological flexibility
1:25:14 - DNA-v model of psychological flexibility
1:29:08 - Exercise: Developing "ACT Ears" with DNA-v model
1:45:57 - General advice for growing your ACT skills
1:49:45 - Resources for learning more about ACT
1:53:22 - Q&A: Are there clinical situations for which ACT is not recommended?
1:55:37 - Q&A: Ideas for using "Kidflex" in schools

The video is about 2hrs long, and is posted here on the @acbscafsig1128 channel!

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