Follow-Up ACT Therapy Sessions in OCD
Key Points
- Take at least 8 sessions to cover all the ACT processes.
- Clients often need more sessions to solidify and practice the concepts.
- The maintenance sessions aren’t governed by a manual but by assessing the client’s progress and needs.
- Include the client in this assessment of their needs.
- Exposures can be integrated into treatment at this time if you’ve not used them yet.
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Transcript
Welcome to the final module. In this video, we’re going to talk about the maintenance sessions that you can do after you’ve covered all of the ACT processes.
While 8 sessions are sufficient to cover all the ACT processes, it may take longer for some clients and that is a pretty typical thing that I see in my practice. Even though the research studies of ACT may show 8 or 12 sessions, it can take longer for clients to actually practice these concepts.
Twohig, M. P. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated treatment manual [unpublished treatment manual]. University of Nevada.
It’s better to stay with one process in your session as you’re going through it the first time and cover it fully for a few sessions rather than rushing through it and needing to return to it later. If you do rush into explaining or pushing certain processes, it can be harder to return to that.
Twohig, M. P. (2004). ACT for OCD: Abbreviated treatment manual [unpublished treatment manual]. University of Nevada.