At the CPI, our mission is to put psychological flexibility in the water supply. This is one of the reasons why we are passionate about making ACT as simple as possible. This way, everybody has a chance to get it. We use what we call the “simple words” approach. In...
Loneliness is a serial killer By Benjamin Schoendorff How the science of social connection can help end the massacre? One of the greatest risk factors for early death, on par with smoking and twice as deadly as obesity or alcohol, is loneliness. We can die from being...
When a client relapses By Benjamin Schoendorff Sue had been doing great. A small, plucky lady beset by panic attacks, she had completed twelve sessions of beautiful and meaningful therapy that had helped her face her anxiety with compassion and kindness. I had been...
10 years of ACT By Benjamin Schoendorff Ten years ago, I was training to become a CBT therapist. I had a strong interest in mindfulness. When my life was chaotic, back in 1994, a friend had taken me to a Zen dojo in a small Paris backstreet. There, in a small and...
Stop Taking Your Client's Problems Home With You By Benjamin Schoendorff Taking your clients’ problems home with you is bad for you. It may not even be the best way to help them get better. Here’s why. Kayla is depressed. She has been in therapy with you for a few...
ACT Matrix and Trauma By Benjamin Schoendorff John came to consult me for marital and work difficulties. He doesn’t recognize himself. He gets angry at his kids and wife, and just got fired from his work after a blowout at his boss. As we start working together, he...
