Acceptance and commitment therapy - Bruce Arroll
Date Published:
Monday, June 26, 2017
Duration:
22:26
Professor Bruce Arroll discusses acceptance and commitment therapy. Bruce is a GP in south Auckland, Director of the Goodfellow Unit and professor in the department of general practice and primary health care at the University of Auckland.
Topics:
- What is ACT?
- Concept of people who are stuck and then transitioning them to flexibility.
- Processes that underline acceptance and commitment therapy.
- How practical is all of this in the constraints of a 15-minute consult?
- Conditions that benefit from ACT include depression, chronic pain, diabetes, chronic fatigue.
Take home messages
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Resources
- eLearning: Focussed acceptance & commitment therapy
- Work-love-play checklist (pdf)
- Dr Russ Harris (website)
Presenter
Prof. Bruce Arroll
General Practitioner
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