The ACT Deck: 55 Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Practices to Build Connection, Find Focus and Reduce Stress by Timothy Gordon & Jessica Borushok

Author:Timothy Gordon & Jessica Borushok [Gordon, Timothy & Borushok, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PESI Publishing
Published: 2019-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

Values & Vulnerabilities Pause and think of a painful judgment you

have about yourself.

Why is this important in your life? This hurt shows up for a reason—what’s on the other side of this pain?

Two Sides

of the Same Coin

Pain and values go together. In order to not feel sadness, loss, anger, or fear you would also have to not

care about people and things in your life that matter. Who or what would you have to walk away from to never experience pain again?

Would it last?

The Moral of Your Story

Your pain has wisdom. What do your most difficult thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories

that you struggle with tell you about what’s

important in your life?

Living is Doing Pick one small action you could do today that takes you closer to the life you want to live.

Put down this card and do it.

Finding Value

Bring to mind an important memory from your history. Imagine yourself there, behind your eyes in that moment.

What is important to you about that memory?

To Be Continued . . .

You are the author of your life’s story. Despite what’s been written so far, what do you want your story to be about?

We Learn the Hard Way

Pain is inevitable in life.

What have you learned from your struggles? When pain shows up again in your life, how do you want to handle it?

Living by Example What do you want people in your life to remember about you?

What small action can you do today to show that to them?

Role Models Think of someone you admire or respect.

What qualities do they

live that matter to you?

What is one quality that you can practice today?

How?

Be Curious About You Values are the who (family, pets, self, friends, etc.) and the what (nature, religion, creativity, independence, etc.)

that matter most to you. How are your values different from those of your family, your friends, and other people in your life?

Softening Into Possibility Giving yourself warmth and compassion creates new possibilities for meaning in your life.

Take one moment to acknowledge your struggles and be kind to yourself.

Notice what happens next.

Tell It Like It Is Tell someone you care about what you appreciate about them.

Take a moment to describe a time where they did or said something that mattered to you and describe why it mattered.

Receiving Wisdom Bring to mind someone you respect or someone who has made a positive

impact on your life. What wisdom, knowledge, or advice might this person share with you that could benefit you right now?

Light Up the Darkness

Compassion is like a soft light inside you. Shine it on the parts of you that you would normally want to reject.

What would that look like?

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