by Leslie A. Campbell, LCSW | Apr 14, 2023
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) “This above all. To thine own self be true.” William Shakespeare. 6 Core Psychological Flexibility Processes Stage 4 – Contextualized Self, to become intimate with the authentic self, the “real” self, as it is consistent and...
by Leslie A. Campbell, LCSW | Apr 7, 2023
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Wayne Dyer Present Moment. Mindfulness. Groundedness. These are all concepts present, indeed, foundational, in ACT. I no longer notice that I am...
by Leslie A. Campbell, LCSW | Mar 31, 2023
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) “When you accept things you have no control of, you give yourself the freedom to focus on things you do.” Aimmee Kodachian As we discussed in the previous Mental Health Musings, ACT is basically built on the concept of...
by Leslie A. Campbell, LCSW | Mar 24, 2023
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” Carl Jung. I’ve been working within the specialty of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) since I began my career back in the late 1990s. I started my career as a...
by Leslie A. Campbell, LCSW | Mar 17, 2023
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) “What we need to learn to do is to look at thought, rather than from thought.” Steven C. Hayes. Clients and other therapists who know me know that I consider myself an “eclectic” therapist, i.e., one who utilizes a variety of...
by Leslie A. Campbell, LCSW | Feb 1, 2023
So this happened! I had a long-overdue total knee replacement (TKR) of my right knee. It’s been a true adventure, and I want to share it with you. I decided to dedicate an entire blog to the subject, as it fits in so nicely with my “mind, body, spirit” view of life,...
