Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Mental health related problems have suffered a long history of stigma. What makes matters worse is the dominant narrative, the biggest story that is spun about mental health is flat out wrong. Anxiety, depression, fears, phobias, schizophrenia, OCD, and other diagnoses are not a disease and striving for the absence of mental health symptoms has not proven to be effective. In this video I talk about new contextual ways of thinking, using psychological flexibility to address the concerns of mental health related problems to increase quality of life through higher functioning rather than focusing on the elimination of symptoms.
Use this free self-help ebook (based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to increase your mental health or pass the link on to someone you know that could benefit from becoming more psychologically flexible:
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The ACT Deck. 55 cards you can use to immediately increase your psychological flexibility:
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The ACT Approach is about learning and doing this cutting-edge 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.
Mental health related problems have suffered a long history of stigma. What makes matters worse is the dominant narrative, the biggest story that is spun about mental health is flat out wrong. Anxiety, depression, fears, phobias, schizophrenia, OCD, and other diagnoses are not a disease and striving for the absence of mental health symptoms has not proven to be effective. In this video I talk about new contextual ways of thinking, using psychological flexibility to address the concerns of mental health related problems to increase quality of life through higher functioning rather than focusing on the elimination of symptoms.
Use this free self-help ebook (based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to increase your mental health or pass the link on to someone you know that could benefit from becoming more psychologically flexible:
eepurl.com/c9X9jn
All things TZSW:
fb.me/thezensocialworker
instagram.com/zensocialworker
twitter.com/zensocialworker
thezensocialworker.ca
The ACT Deck. 55 cards you can use to immediately increase your psychological flexibility:
amzn.to/2zSpR6u
The ACT Approach is about learning and doing this cutting-edge 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.
