Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
FREE WORKSHEET: dropbox.com/scl/fi/yoi8367x6fevlzt4rt8np/ACT-WORKSHEET-Name-the-Story.pdf?rlkey=f2d2m4hk6bea7wcjsrpwb4lqy&st=bospr5a2&dl=0
Ever feel stuck in your own head?
Intrusive thoughts can be intense, scary, or just plain exhausting—and trying to push them away usually makes them louder.
In this video, Tim Gordon (The Zen Social Worker) walks you through an ACT-based tool called “Name the Story”—a powerful way to defuse from unhelpful thoughts by noticing the narrative behind them.
🧠 Instead of getting hooked by thoughts like “I’m broken” or “I’ll never get better,” this practice helps you say:
“Ah, here’s that old story again.”
✨ What You’ll Learn:
• What intrusive thoughts are and why they stick
• How storytelling minds create loops of fear, shame, or doubt
• How to identify and name your personal “mind scripts”
• A step-by-step ACT exercise to start unhooking today
⸻
🎯 Want more tools like this?
Subscribe for weekly ACT-based videos to help you build psychological flexibility and live a life that aligns with your values.
🎥 Watch next:
✅ What is ACT? — youtu.be/PmKEvlv9Cys
✅ The 6 Core Processes of ACT — youtu.be/TPvLEZFa14o
✅ The Struggle Switch: Why Fighting Thoughts Backfires — youtu.be/Mc-n1Sa4PEI
📚 Grab Tim Gordon’s book The Hero Within
amazon.ca/dp/1069285609?tag=catagdefault-20&geniuslink=true
🎓 Check out our online ACT & mental health courses:
thezensocialworker.thinkific.com
💌 Join our mailing list for exclusive updates and free resources:
eepurl.com/c9X9jn
🌐 Visit the official website for blog posts, tools, and more:
thezensocialworker.ca
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———
Business inquiries & collaborations:
📧 tim@thezensocialworker.ca
———
Thank you for learning and growing with us.
#CognitiveDefusion #ACT #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #TheZenSocialWorker #psychologicalflexibility
*Disclaimer
1. Conflict of interest: I am an author, I will link to my own books and paid resources as well as use affiliate links. I promise to tell you in videos when I'm being paid (if ever) to advertise during a video.
2. Self help: This channel provides accurate and authoritative information, it is not a substitute for psychotherapy and does not count as a social work service. If you are in need of help, seek out professional services from a licensed healthcare professional.
3. Community: Although this work is my own, I am inspired and supported by a group of clinicians and researchers under the banner of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
#IntrusiveThoughts #ACTTherapy #MentalHealthTools #ZenSocialWorker #Defusion #CognitiveDefusion #NamingTheStory #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #Mindfulness
FREE WORKSHEET: dropbox.com/scl/fi/yoi8367x6fevlzt4rt8np/ACT-WORKSHEET-Name-the-Story.pdf?rlkey=f2d2m4hk6bea7wcjsrpwb4lqy&st=bospr5a2&dl=0
Ever feel stuck in your own head?
Intrusive thoughts can be intense, scary, or just plain exhausting—and trying to push them away usually makes them louder.
In this video, Tim Gordon (The Zen Social Worker) walks you through an ACT-based tool called “Name the Story”—a powerful way to defuse from unhelpful thoughts by noticing the narrative behind them.
🧠 Instead of getting hooked by thoughts like “I’m broken” or “I’ll never get better,” this practice helps you say:
“Ah, here’s that old story again.”
✨ What You’ll Learn:
• What intrusive thoughts are and why they stick
• How storytelling minds create loops of fear, shame, or doubt
• How to identify and name your personal “mind scripts”
• A step-by-step ACT exercise to start unhooking today
⸻
🎯 Want more tools like this?
Subscribe for weekly ACT-based videos to help you build psychological flexibility and live a life that aligns with your values.
🎥 Watch next:
✅ What is ACT? — youtu.be/PmKEvlv9Cys
✅ The 6 Core Processes of ACT — youtu.be/TPvLEZFa14o
✅ The Struggle Switch: Why Fighting Thoughts Backfires — youtu.be/Mc-n1Sa4PEI
📚 Grab Tim Gordon’s book The Hero Within
amazon.ca/dp/1069285609?tag=catagdefault-20&geniuslink=true
🎓 Check out our online ACT & mental health courses:
thezensocialworker.thinkific.com
💌 Join our mailing list for exclusive updates and free resources:
eepurl.com/c9X9jn
🌐 Visit the official website for blog posts, tools, and more:
thezensocialworker.ca
📸 Follow us:
All things TZSW:
fb.me/thezensocialworker
instagram.com/zensocialworker
twitter.com/zensocialworker
tiktok.com/@zensocialworker
———
Business inquiries & collaborations:
📧 tim@thezensocialworker.ca
———
Thank you for learning and growing with us.
#CognitiveDefusion #ACT #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #TheZenSocialWorker #psychologicalflexibility
*Disclaimer
1. Conflict of interest: I am an author, I will link to my own books and paid resources as well as use affiliate links. I promise to tell you in videos when I'm being paid (if ever) to advertise during a video.
2. Self help: This channel provides accurate and authoritative information, it is not a substitute for psychotherapy and does not count as a social work service. If you are in need of help, seek out professional services from a licensed healthcare professional.
3. Community: Although this work is my own, I am inspired and supported by a group of clinicians and researchers under the banner of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
#IntrusiveThoughts #ACTTherapy #MentalHealthTools #ZenSocialWorker #Defusion #CognitiveDefusion #NamingTheStory #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #Mindfulness
