New Study: ACT for Chronic Headache Pain
The StudyIn a study recently published in the journal Headache, preliminary evidence was found to support to use of ACT for chronic headache pain. The study aimed to examine the efficacy of...
View ArticleUsing ACT to Guide Exposure-Based Interventions for PTSD
Some of us at Portland Psychotherapy have a new article that was just published in the September 2013 issue Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. This has been a 2-3 year work in progress, so we're...
View ArticleAn Interview with Steve Hayes during his Portland visit (09/04/2014)
Last week, University of Nevada - Reno professor Steve Hayes, PhD, came through Portland to conduct an intermediate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) workshop. In anticipation of the visit, Dr....
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New RCTs: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is effective for treatment...
Two recent randomized control trials seem to indicate that acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a good option for people who have no benefitted from prior treatment. A lot of people don’t respond...
View ArticleAn Alternative to Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD
Numerous studies have now shown that Exposure and Response (or Ritual) Prevention (ERP) remains our most effective treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In ERP, clients deliberately...
View ArticleTreating Skin Picking with Acceptance-Enhanced Behavior Therapy
Excoriation or skin picking has often been in the shadow of its nearest relative, trichotillomania or repetitive hair pulling. One good thing to come out of the DSM-5 was that it finally made skin...
View ArticleACT for Social Anxiety – A Great Self-Help Book and Treasure Trove of Resources
I’ll make a confession here: I’m a failure at bibliotherapy. By bibliotherapy, I mean assigning a self-help book to a client and following it along with the client in order to guide treatment. For...
View ArticleCreating a Peer-Led Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Consultation Group: The...
In 2005, the clinic directors (Jenna LeJeune, Ph.D. & Jason Luoma, Ph.D.) at Portland Psychotherapy helped found a peer-consultation group to provide a place for local therapists to learn and...
View ArticleHarnessing the Power of the Therapeutic Relationship
“Dealing with others is dealing with ourselves, dealing with others.”--Norman Fischer Creating intense and curative therapeutic relationships is a fundamental skill for meaningful therapy. Strong...
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The 5-Minute Guide to ACT: A Visual ACT Elevator Pitch
The challenge of explaining ACTAs an ACT trainer, one of the most challenging things for me is when someone who isn’t familiar with ACT says “What’s this whole ACT thing about?” Let’s just say my ACT...
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