ACT for OCD First Steps: Experiential Avoidance and Creative Hopelessness
Key Points
- At the beginning of treatment, share that it’s expected and welcome to feel confused, that you’ll take a stance of being equal with clients, and that you’ll help them learn from their experiences.
- Introduce OCD from an ACT stance.
- Understand the client’s experiences through the lens of experiential avoidance.
- Start the groundwork by engaging in exercises focused on creative hopelessness and help the client proceed from there.
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Transcript
Congratulations! You have made it to the end of Module 2. And so we’re going to walk through the take-home messages from this module.
ACT can be a different experience for clients, both for ones that have been in therapy before and for those new to therapy.
And so, at the beginning of treatment, there are a few concepts to cover to assist in the course of treatment going smoothly. You’ll want to share that it’s expected and welcome to feel confused because it’s showing that they’re learning and that they’re considering new options, that you, as the therapist, will take a stance of being equal with them and as a guide to help them learn from their experiences.