Is ACT an existential therapy?
RADICAL BEHAVIOURISM
RFT
EXISTENTIAL-
PHENOMENOLOGICAL
PHILOSOPHY
ACT AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
Is ACT an existential therapy?
RADICAL BEHAVIOURISM
RFT
EXISTENTIAL-
PHENOMENOLOGICAL
PHILOSOPHY
ACT AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
Is ACT an existential therapy?
Is ACT an Existential Therapy?
A shared stance
•
Non-pathologising
•
Acceptance
•
Non-hierarchical
•
Freedom and choice
•
Meaning and values
HEIDEGGER
Existential Therapy? Or ACT?
•
‘Aim of therapeutic work = helping clients to
become more aware of their actual existence,
and to live more in accordance with their true
values
•
Therapists work with the concrete actuality of
clients’ experiences
•
Clients are encouraged to acknowledge, and
act on, their freedom and responsibility’
Existential Therapy? Or ACT?
•
‘Clients are encouraged to acknowledge,
accept and learn from the more ‘negative’
feelings
•
All aspects of clients’ being are seen as
fundamentally interconnected
•
Therapists are genuine and direct
•
Practice is flexible and adaptable’
RADICAL BEHAVIOURISM
RFT
EXISTENTIAL-
PHENOMENOLOGICAL
PHILOSOPHY
ACT AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
ACT: An Existential Therapy
SHARED STANCE
SHARED PROCESSES
SHARED METAPHORS
Christine Ramsey-Wade
Christine.ramsey-wade@uwe.ac.uk
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and Existential Therapy share a common stance of non-pathologizing acceptance and non-hierarchical freedom. Therapists in both approaches work with clients to acknowledge, accept, and act on their true values, encouraging awareness of existence and interconnected aspects of being. The aim is to help clients live in alignment with their values by fostering freedom, responsibility, and learning from negative feelings.
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Is ACT an existential therapy? ACT AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY RFT EXISTENTIAL- PHENOMENOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY RADICAL BEHAVIOURISM
Is ACT an existential therapy? ACT AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY RFT EXISTENTIAL- PHENOMENOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY RADICAL BEHAVIOURISM
Is ACT an Existential Therapy? What How? Why? Now what? similarities?
A shared stance Non-pathologising Acceptance Non-hierarchical Freedom and choice Meaning and values
Thought Behaviour Emotion
Existential Therapy? Or ACT? Aim of therapeutic work = helping clients to become more aware of their actual existence, and to live more in accordance with their true values Therapists work with the concrete actuality of clients experiences Clients are encouraged to acknowledge, and act on, their freedom and responsibility
Existential Therapy? Or ACT? Clients are encouraged to acknowledge, accept and learn from the more negative feelings All aspects of clients being are seen as fundamentally interconnected Therapists are genuine and direct Practice is flexible and adaptable
ACT: An Existential Therapy ACT AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY SHARED STANCE RFT SHARED PROCESSES SHARED METAPHORS EXISTENTIAL- PHENOMENOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY RADICAL BEHAVIOURISM
Christine Ramsey-Wade Christine.ramsey-wade@uwe.ac.uk
