ACT:Root to Fruit

To purchase the music and directly support the artists click here:https://zulenadueto.bandcamp.com/album/luz-camino-y-gu-aI am joined by the marvelous Temple Morris, LCSW-C. She is a therapist/consultant in private practice at True North in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. She is a mover and shaker in the ACT community especially in the psychedelic special interest group. In this episode we talk abut helping clients prepare for their plant medicine journeys, and to coach people to use ACT processes on these inner voyages. We talk about the entheogenic/psychedelic renaissance. Also, we discuss how our own explorations have informed our work and lives.To purchase the music and directly support the artists click here:https://zulenadueto.bandcamp.com/album/luz-camino-y-gu-aTo contact Temple:https://truenorthact.com/staff/temple-morris-lcsw-c/One River Book mentioned:https://daviswade.com/book-one-riverMy email: marcel@marceltassara.com

Robyn Walser, PhD, is a prominent figure in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and a dedicated advocate for healing trauma. In this conversation, she emphasizes working from the heart in therapy, highlighting authentic connections and the importance of mindfulness. Robyn discusses the complexities of human emotion, the balance between self-care and altruism, and the often-unspoken depths of pain and joy. She also addresses navigating mortality in therapy, encouraging a compassionate approach that fosters genuine connections and reflects on life’s meaning.

#33 with Henry Whitfield. We discuss his recent publication (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.727572/full), issues of self and content/process/context, and finish with a real-play demonstration of Henry leading me through a integration session.Henry is a peer reviewed ACT trainer. He has written, co-written and edited training manuals for ACT, TIR and FAP. As a visiting research fellow at Regents University London, he focuses his research on the development of ACT-consistent models for psychedelic-assisted therapy. His psychedelic plant medicine path has changed how he does psychotherapy especially with self-concept issues.Music:robertotakiwaska@gmail.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK2zQsSa7ixMdPyi32nT-vgMural Artist: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077566398655Henry’s 2022 in-person training:https://psychflex.co.uk/product/expanded-act-for-psychedelic-assisted-therapy-integrated-trauma-focused-act-for-psychedelic-assisted-therapy-including-traumatic-incident-reduction-tir-and-parts-work/?fbclid=IwAR1w5sCEuecGCF5c0vZRXr0tSbtdM8Xe_egAdmrFCi4_XFZLnFsvjm6FzrAmy contact info:Marcel@marceltassara.com

From episode #32

What you know about your Self?Join me as I mix it up with Dr. Louise McHugh to discuss this very important topic of The Self. She provides a friendly crash course in RFT and helps to show how RFT is useful in understanding different selfing repertoires. Dr. McHugh is associate professor of psychology at University College Dublin, a Fellow in the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, and has contributed mightily to the contextual behavioral science view of the self. GO AND GET A COPY of her he book A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self: Theory and Practice. It's a must read for ACT clinicians. She sometimes provides training through this org: https://actnow.co/Mooji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ui3vIvymDE&t=340si'm available for group and/or individual consultation: marcel@marceltassara.com

I’m joined by Dr. Mitch Fryling to discuss functional thinking and open the aperture a bit, from a causal way of interpretation, to a field perspective. Mitch is gifted at making Interbehavioral philosophy approachable and even fun. We dissect what “function” points at, public vs. private events, and problems with mentalistic thinking. Artilcles discussed:Are Thoughts Private:https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/593/59335812001.pdfOVERCOMING THE PSEUDO-PROBLEM OF PRIVATE EVENTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitch-Fryling/publication/272788235_Overcoming_the_pseudo-problem_of_private_events_in_the_analysis_of_behavior/links/54ee091c0cf25238f9397168/Overcoming-the-pseudo-problem-of-private-events-in-the-analysis-of-behavior.pdfEmily Sandoz’ Interbehavior as a clinical focus in CBS: A response to Hayes and Fryling (2019) (full access available ACBS members) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212144720302015?dgcid=rss_sd_allIf interested in training groups: marcel@marceltassara.com

Big number 30 with ACT and OCD ninja, Lisa Coyne, PhD. We discuss screen, how to value and shape valuing, OCD/ERP, and how to pivot when your bid to do exposure work is rejected. Check out Lisa’s New England Center for OCD and Anxiety for training and consultation: https://www.newenglandocd.org/If you are interested in group or individual consultation w/ me: marcel@marceltassara

From start to finish, this interview with Yash Bhambhani, PhD, is a palpable demonstration of mindfulness in action. Yash is a psychologist at an addiction treatment clinic at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, assistant professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. We discuss (and embody) how to go about appreciating in therapy. contact info for Yash: yashnpbhambhani@gmail.comhttps://ybhambha.wixsite.com/yashbhambhaniphdmy contact info: marcel@marceltassara.com

So happy to bring you Luisa Canon, PsyD, BCBA-D. We discuss her functional approach to therapy, the embodiment of the CBS approach, and learning to trust yourself as a clinician.She is available for consultation:https://www.acttothrivela.com/contactI am also available for consultation, both individual and group: marcel@marceltassara.com

Part II with Steve Hayes, PhD. We dive into thinking and conceptualizing functionally, psychological flexibility and health, the importance of history, and we get into a therapy demo around people pleasing. Steve's website: https://stevenchayes.com/my contact if interested in individual/group consultation: marcel@marceltassara.comReport of ACBS task force: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212144721000302subscribe, like, review