Let's pay attention to another therapeutic modality by looking at one of its classic interventions.
ACT stands for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and it's another evidence-based approach to treatment. For quick study, I like to think of ACT as a cousin of CBT that more strongly emphasizes mindfulness interventions.
Steven Hayes developed ACT in the 1980s, and it's indicated for a wide range of psychological conditions. One of my favorite ACT interventions to use in my clinical work is the values sort. This intervention involves prompting clients to look through a list of common values and rank their top choices. (Sometimes I write the values on colorful popsicle sticks to make this a more tactile intervention.) The values sort intervention provides a lot of food for thought and can help clients to reconnect with themselves and their motivations. It can also feed into some helpful goal-setting (I'll prompt folks to set a few SMART goals for their top three values).
ACT really emphasizes reconnecting with and being with yourself and your emotions - pleasant and unpleasant. If you've been keeping up with my posts lately, this may remind you of distress tolerance. Bonus question: Which therapeutic modality is most closely associated with distress tolerance?
Double bonus: What does SMART stand for above?