Ep 27 - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Hello and welcome back to the Therapy Explained podcast. In today’s episode, I speak with Shaun Mehew about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, otherwise known as ACT. Shaun is a contextual behavioural science specialist with a particular interest in process based therapy. As part of his work, Shaun develops AI informed digital therapy products.

Shaun gives his understanding of what ACT is, the history behind ACT, how it’s held its own in light of the development of CBT, how it works, what relational frame theory is and why it’s fundamental to ACT, the importance of values and living in the moment, tips for making change, and even an ACT demo where I take the client’s seat.