Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) is also one of the other therapy I would recommend taking it. I would say this is the one I try to practice myself in day to day life.
It has six yearning. It is very relatable when you are trying to make sense of your patient’s life and what they are struggling with and where they are stuck on? It helps create the treatment and homework for them once you figure out which yearning that they are earning (yearning to belong in the world, yearning to orient, yearning to feel, yearning for coherence, yearning for self directed meaning, and yearning for competence).
Once you know the yearning they are earning for, you can see where they can improve their flexibility in the way they see themselves, the way they feel, the way they experience, the thoughts they have, along with the actions they make and lastly the intrinsic guidance and motivation behind those actions.
This is definitely the part I enjoy teaching to the patients. I try to have patient practice in the session so that they know how to implement outside of the session (values vs. goals, perseverance, mindfulness, not avoiding and feeling their feelings, separating oneself from thoughts, and self energy).
I sometimes also combine the yearnings and hexaflex model to help them make sense of what the clients are struggling with and have them earn some self-awareness.
Lastly, my favorite thing to teach the patient is Mindful action plan. This was created by Dr. J Moran, and this visually makes sense to the patient, and is also easy for the patient to remember outside of the session. His version goes into detail about how all the 6 hexaflex can be easily remembered with this sentence – ” I am here now noticing, accepting, doing, what I care about”. This is so genius. !!!!
His version can be accessed on https://www.drdjmoran.com/resources .
