Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago
Asking yourself how to overcome depression or stress, how to manage anxiety and worry? You'll likely come up with a bunch of strategies to stop feeling that painful emotional content. The reality for most situations is that we can't escape what we don't want to feel and attempting to do so actually costs us more in the end. It damages our relationships and gets in the way of other things that matter. The challenge to you in this video is to stop struggling with your pain and learn new ways to live your life in the presence of that hurt, and your desire to rid yourself of it.
Get your free acceptance and commitment therapy self-help ebook with worksheets to chase that next step:
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The ACT Deck is 55 brief acceptance and commitment therapy practices you can do right away to let go of negative thoughts and live in the present moment:
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The ACT Approach is for professionals who want to learn how to do acceptance and commitment therapy, this new form of CBT:
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*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.
Asking yourself how to overcome depression or stress, how to manage anxiety and worry? You'll likely come up with a bunch of strategies to stop feeling that painful emotional content. The reality for most situations is that we can't escape what we don't want to feel and attempting to do so actually costs us more in the end. It damages our relationships and gets in the way of other things that matter. The challenge to you in this video is to stop struggling with your pain and learn new ways to live your life in the presence of that hurt, and your desire to rid yourself of it.
Get your free acceptance and commitment therapy self-help ebook with worksheets to chase that next step:
eepurl.com/c9X9jn
All things TZSW:
fb.me/thezensocialworker
instagram.com/zensocialworker
twitter.com/zensocialworker
thezensocialworker.ca
The ACT Deck is 55 brief acceptance and commitment therapy practices you can do right away to let go of negative thoughts and live in the present moment:
amzn.to/2zSpR6u
The ACT Approach is for professionals who want to learn how to do acceptance and commitment therapy, this new form of CBT:
amzn.to/2B77OrJ
*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.
