377: Dr. Lisle ESCAPES Dubai … to talk about Acceptance/Commitment therapy

About this episode

Dr. Lisle discusses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and its similarities and differences with his own methods.

Q1: Dear Dr. Lisle, I am curious what your thoughts are on Acceptance and Commitment therapy? I am a psychologist, and I have to use this method at my job, and I have noticed that some of the points of the treatment is a bit similar to your method. For example the focus on committing to value-driven behavior to give purpose in life is similar to the behavior that brings us closer to our survival and reproductive goals. However it seems like the method see negative thoughts and feelings as something we should just accept as part of life, and not something that should guide our behavior in any way, and instead it says that it should be our values that guide our behavior. It feels like they got it right with the committed action, but it feels like a mistake to dismiss our thoughts and feelings like that. What do you think about this? 0:00 Teaser Clips & Intro 2:09 Iran bombs Dubai while Dr. Lisle is there 18:50 Psychologist asking about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy 27:00 Your values are innate including religious beliefs 46:45 Limits to facing the facts of reality 1:00:48 Psychotherapy basic principles are like friendships 1:13:14. The future of psychotherapy 1:16:03 Final…

People in this episode

Host: BeatYourGenes

Guest: Dr. Lisle

Topics covered

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• psychotherapy
• values-driven behavior
• mental health
• emotional acceptance

Keywords

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• psychotherapy
• values
• mental health
• behavioral goals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Esteem Dynamics, Fasting Escape

Places: Dubai, Iran

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