What Is Radical Acceptance?
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Key Points
- Radical acceptance means learning to see something as it is.
- Normal acceptance implies accepting something that you like.
- Radical acceptance refers to accepting something that you don’t like.
- Radical acceptance means to embrace things even when you don’t agree with them.
- It’s an active process.
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Transcript
Greetings, and welcome to the third video in this module. In this lesson, we will introduce the concept of radical acceptance. So, let’s get started.
In order to cope effectively, you first need to have a proper coping mindset. At its core, radical acceptance has to do with learning to see something as it is, no more and no less.
Linehan, M. M. (2015). DBT skills training manual (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.,Reutter, K. (2019). The dialectical behavior therapy skills workbook for PTSD: Practical exercises for overcoming trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (1st ed.). New Harbinger Publications.
Remember, people who have been traumatized are stuck at the extremes. Individuals who have been traumatized will tend to see things as either much better or much worse than they actually are. That’s why radical acceptance is all about learning to see something just how it is.
Reutter, K. (2019). The dialectical behavior therapy skills workbook for PTSD: Practical exercises for overcoming trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (1st ed.). New Harbinger Publications.