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The ACT Psychology Course provides training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a third‑generation model that transforms how we address human suffering. You will explore the foundations of functional contextualism, learning to distinguish unavoidable pain from unnecessary suffering created by struggling with emotions. This program offers practical tools to cultivate psychological flexibility, enabling adaptation to changing circumstances and acting with purpose.

An essential component is mastery of the Hexaflex model, integrating core processes such as acceptance, cognitive defusion, and contact with the present moment. You will learn to use clinical mindfulness as a tool. In addition, you will deepen value clarification, distinguishing between goals and ongoing life directions, which is crucial to guide committed, meaningful daily actions.

The course covers applications for anxiety and depression, offering effective strategies such as creative hopelessness. It dispels the myth of constant happiness and proposes a fulfilled life based on valued action. You will gain skills to manage intrusive thoughts by changing your relationship to private events rather than attempting to eliminate them, accepting inner experience.

Finally, this training prepares you to apply knowledge in clinical and personal contexts. You will have metaphors and experiential exercises designed to break psychological rigidity. This humanistic approach will enable you to accompany others through profound change.

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Objectives: Master Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the Hexaflex model

✅ To understand the fundamentals of functional contextualism and the evolution toward third-generation therapies.
✅ To apply the Hexaflex model to assess and treat psychological rigidity by fostering flexibility.
✅ Cognitive defusion techniques to make language less literal and break identification with limiting narratives.
✅ To use radical acceptance to transform the relationship with distress and abandon the agenda of control.
✅ To guide the discovery of personal values and promote committed action despite fear or doubt.
✅ Mindfulness strategies and the 'observing self' to enhance awareness and emotional stability in therapy.

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👨🏻‍🏫 19 Topics

▽ TOPIC 1: FOUNDATIONS AND CONTEXT OF THERAPY

4 Lessons00:20:42

Master ACT techniques: accept emotions, defuse thoughts, commit to values-guided actions, and improve functioning with chronic pain and other disorders.

▶ 1.1 Framing and definition of therapy

Discover how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy shifts from changing thoughts to changing your relationship with them, teaching acceptance, committed action and valuing context to live by your values despite symptoms

05:28

▶ 1.2 Empirical Evidence and Outreach

Learn how ACT has scientific evidence and institutional support and applies transdiagnostic tools of acceptance, defusion and values to improve functioning in chronic pain and other disorders.

05:11

▶ 1.3 The philosophy of suffering and pain

Distinguish clean pain from dirty pain and learn to turn internal struggle into useful action to build a meaningful life without chasing total symptom elimination.

04:56

▶ 1.4 The Paradox of Progress and Well-Being

You will learn why material progress does not ensure mental health and how ACT teaches accepting emotions and living by your values.

05:07

▽ TOPIC 2: THE NATURE OF MIND AND LANGUAGE

4 Lessons00:17:59

You will understand how language and negativity bias turn experiences into symbolic threats, why fighting thoughts fails, and how to cultivate flexibility to act in line with your values despite difficult emotions.

▶ 2.1 Basic Relational Frame Theory (RFT)

You will identify how Relational Frame Theory shows that language links neutral stimuli to symbolic threats and how that bidirectionality brings suffering into the present.

04:27

▶ 2.2 Evolution and survival

Discover why the human mind is wired to detect danger, how negativity bias and language prolong threats, and how that fuels rumination and chronic stress.

04:42

▶ 2.3 The dark side of language

Discover why applying restorative logic to your inner world fails, how verbal rules trap you, and what to do to stop fighting your thoughts and connect with direct experience.

04:23

▶ 2.4 Flexibility vs. Psychological Rigidity

You will understand why psychological rigidity sustains disorders and how to cultivate flexibility to choose actions aligned with your values even when difficult thoughts and emotions arise.

04:27

▽ TOPIC 3: THE UNIFIED MODEL [HEXAFLEX]

3 Lessons00:14:27

Use ACT's Hexaflex to break cycles of avoidance and fusion, normalize emotions, identify ineffective strategies, and apply tools that foster action aligned with your values.

▶ 3.1 Overview of the Hexaflex

You will master the ACT Hexaflex to work the six core processes that increase psychological flexibility: acceptance, defusion, contact with the present, self as context, values, and committed action.

05:06

▶ 3.2 The psychopathology model (Inflexa)

Discover how the Inflexahex model shows that avoidance, cognitive fusion, attachment to the self, and loss of values reinforce each other and which vertices to target to break that cycle of suffering.

04:51

▶ 3.3 The [Stuck, Not Broken] perspective

You will see how ACT stops pathologizing, teaches emotional normalization, helps identify ineffective strategies, and uses concrete tools to move a person from stagnation to values-based action.

04:30

▽ TOPIC 4: THE CONTROL AGENDA AND AVOIDANCE

4 Lessons00:18:20

You will recognize experiential avoidance and its costs, distinguish helpful from pathological avoidance, let go of control strategies to accept emotions, act according to your values, and calmly expand your comfort zone

▶ 4.1 The control trap

Why trying to control or suppress thoughts fuels anxiety and how to let go of that control agenda to reduce distress

04:44

▶ 4.2 Experiential Avoidance

You will identify what experiential avoidance is, its long-term costs, and how to distinguish useful from pathological avoidance to reclaim values and expand your comfort zone.

04:40

▶ 4.3 Creative Hopelessness

Learn how to verify your control strategies fail, release the struggle, and create space for acceptance and creativity to build a meaningful life.

04:19

▶ 4.4 Metaphors of the ineffectiveness of control

You will understand, through powerful metaphors, why fighting anxiety makes it worse and how to approach it, release the rope and float above your emotions to regain freedom and act with calm.

04:37

▽ TOPIC 5: COGNITIVE DEFUSION [CONCEPTS]

4 Lessons00:18:19

You will notice thoughts you mistake for reality, manage self criticism and imposter feelings, practice defusion to reduce anxiety, and act effectively according to your values.

▶ 5.1 Understanding Cognitive Fusion

Recognize when your thoughts blur with reality and learn to separate your mental narrative from present experience to reduce anxiety and avoid self fulfilling prophecies

04:51

▶ 5.2 Thoughts as historical events

Discover why the brain doesn't erase memories, how thoughts are echoes of the past, and how to learn to live with them without letting them dominate your present.

04:27

▶ 5.3 The story of [I am not enough] and the Impostor Syndrome

You will distinguish real competence from impostor feelings and learn to act effectively while managing verbal self-criticism.

04:35

▶ 5.4 Absorption vs. Fusion

Recognize when getting lost in thoughts is helpful or harmful and learn to use defusion to restore actions that align with your values.

04:26

▽ TOPIC 6: COGNITIVE DEFUSION [TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICE]

4 Lessons00:18:30

Creating distance from your thoughts: use prefixes and name the mind, deactivate painful thoughts with sound and visual games, release them like leaves and act according to your values despite mental noise.

▶ 6.1 Verbal distancing techniques

Techniques to create distance from your thoughts: use prefixes such as I am having the thought that... and name the mind to reduce emotional reactivity.

04:52

▶ 6.2 Altering the context of thought

How to defuse painful thoughts by altering their sound and visual look using nursery melodies, silly voices, and shifts in color and typography to lessen their emotional power.

04:37

▶ 6.3 Visualization exercises for defusion

You will train to observe your thoughts like floating leaves and let them go, returning to the shore without getting hooked even if they come back.

04:30

▶ 6.4 Metaphor: Passengers on the bus

Steer your life toward your values despite noisy thoughts and fears, learning to ignore their intimidation and act with commitment.

04:31

▽ TOPIC 7: ACCEPTANCE AND EMOTIONAL READINESS

4 Lessons00:17:46

Distinguish acceptance, resignation and tolerance, and practice observing painful emotions without fighting, letting them flow, using sensory curiosity to reduce anxiety and turn adversity into momentum

▶ 7.1 Redefining Acceptance

Distinguish acceptance from resignation and tolerance, and learn to make room for painful emotions to lessen their burden without suppressing or fighting them

04:33

▶ 7.2 The struggle switch

Notice how resistance turns a mild feeling into an avalanche of anxiety. Practice switching off the fight response by observing without attachment and let the emotion flow.

04:18

▶ 7.3 Active Acceptance Metaphors

Accept anxiety without letting it ruin your life and learn to turn adversity into momentum to move forward, using the neighbor at the party and the mule in the well as metaphors.

04:32

▶ 7.4 Willingness and curiosity

Transform your relationship with emotions by treating them as physical objects: learn to scan sensations, describe shape, temperature and movement, and use a scientist's curiosity to reduce fear and regain calm.

04:23

▽ TOPIC 8: CONTACT WITH THE PRESENT MOMENT [MINDFULNESS]

4 Lessons00:18:02

Master ACT mindfulness practices: intentional nonjudgmental attention, the observer stance, Drop Anchor technique, and body scan, breathing and three-sense exercises to calm crises, stop rumination, and sustain focus.

▶ 8.1 Clinical vs. traditional mindfulness

How to practice mindfulness in ACT: intentionally attend to the present without judgment, distinguish it from relaxation or a blank mind, and adopt a witness stance to reduce reactivity.

04:39

▶ 8.2 The anchor in the storm

Regain calm during emotional crises with the Drop Anchor technique: notice the mental storm, ground yourself in your body and surroundings, and stay steady to choose how to act.

04:30

▶ 8.3 Brief connection exercises

Practical use of body scan, mindful breathing, and the three senses exercise to anchor yourself in the present and interrupt rumination.

04:24

▶ 8.4 Informal Mindfulness and divided attention

Turn everyday activities into mindfulness practices and train divided attention to stay focused on tasks while managing thoughts and emotions

04:29

▽ TOPIC 9: THE SELF AS CONTEXT [THE OBSERVER]

3 Lessons00:14:49

You will identify the Self-as-Content, Self-as-Process, and Self-as-Context to distance yourself from thoughts and emotions, practice the witnessing self through exercises and visualizations, and regain calm and psychological flexibility.

▶ 9.1 The dimensions of the Self

You will distinguish Self as content, Self as process, and Self as context to detach from labels, observe thoughts, and gain psychological flexibility.

05:05 🔒

▶ 9.2 Metaphors of transcendence

Discover how to see yourself as the board and the sky: how to create distance from thoughts and emotions, hold them without fighting, and reclaim a steady calm that remains despite inner storms.

04:52 🔒

▶ 9.3 Transcendence exercises

Discover how to identify and contact the Witness Self using recursive awareness exercises and lifeline visualizations.

04:52 🔒

▽ TOPIC 10: VALUES CLARIFICATION

4 Lessons00:19:23

You will identify and prioritize authentic values to guide your daily actions, sustain motivation without depending on achievement, and turn losses into coherent decisions that respect your opportunity costs.

▶ 10.1 Definition and nature of values

Distinguish finite goals from values as a compass, and learn to make those values a daily quality of your actions to keep motivation without depending on achievement

05:06 🔒

▶ 10.2 Characteristics of values

How to choose your authentic values, apply them in the here and now, and dynamically prioritize them to live coherently and freely.

04:50 🔒

▶ 10.3 Address metaphors

How to prioritize values over goals to enjoy the process and improve performance when facing anxiety about the outcome

04:42 🔒

▶ 10.4 Values and flexibility

How to turn your values into actions when reduced capacity blocks your goals and make conscious decisions that accept the opportunity cost.

04:45 🔒

▽ TOPIC 11: DISCOVERY OF VALUES [PRACTICE]

4 Lessons00:19:50

Identify and validate your forgotten and hidden values, reduce fear, design small coherent actions using a life retrospective, consult your future self, try hypothetical exercises and flow moments.

▶ 11.1 Deep visualization techniques

How to use a life retrospective and a consultation with your future self to identify forgotten values, reduce fear, and make choices aligned with what matters in this video.

05:08 🔒

▶ 11.2 Elimination of barriers and fear

How to use hypothetical reality exercises and anonymous actions to identify hidden values behind fear and begin pursuing them without waiting for anxiety to disappear.

05:07 🔒

▶ 11.3 Exploration of vital areas

Discover how to map your vital areas and use flow moments to identify your values and design small actions that increase alignment between what you feel and what you do

04:59 🔒

▶ 11.4 Discovery metaphors

You will identify and test your values by practicing them as if trying them on in a fitting room or sampling a buffet, and you will learn to seek them with patience and hold them with flexibility

04:36 🔒

▽ TOPIC 12: FROM INTENTION TO ACTION

4 Lessons00:18:12

Design action habits aligned with your values: SMART micro steps to keep moving despite discouragement, flexibility after mistakes, life balance, and tools to identify fears and reclaim purpose.

▶ 12.1 Committed Action

How to form committed action habits: act according to your values, prioritize behavior over feelings, stay flexible with mistakes, and persist even when you don't feel like it.

04:36 🔒

▶ 12.2 Effective Goal Setting

Adapt the SMART model to your values to turn objectives into meaningful adaptive goals, plan for the short, medium and long term, and choose the smallest microstep that breaks inertia and builds self-efficacy.

04:23 🔒

▶ 12.3 Micro-commitment strategies

Turn mandatory tasks into opportunities to practice personal values, and use microactions in health, relationships, and leisure to maintain balance and avoid burnout.

04:28 🔒

▶ 12.4 Barriers to action

Identify the F.E.A.R. riders that block action and apply D.A.R.E. antidotes to act according to functionality and regain purpose

04:45 🔒

▽ TOPIC 13: THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP

2 Lessons00:09:56

Make the therapeutic relationship a horizontal alliance using the metaphor of two climbers, share vulnerability, validate and normalize to promote acceptance and defusion

▶ 13.1 The therapist's posture

Understand how ACT shifts the therapeutic relationship into a horizontal alliance using the metaphor of two climbers, and how the therapist shares vulnerability to model acceptance and defusion in the session.

04:58 🔒

▶ 13.2 Essential therapeutic conditions

Validate and unconditionally accept the client to create a safe context, normalize suffering, and reframe being stuck as not broken to serve as the foundation of therapeutic intervention

04:58 🔒

▽ TOPIC 14: STRUCTURE AND PROCESS OF THERAPY

3 Lessons00:15:16

You will master functional analysis and case formulation, assess psychological flexibility and manage consent, structure ACT sessions using the Hexaflex, and apply processes nonlinearly toward valued action.

▶ 14.1 Evaluation and Formulation

Recognize the function of problematic behaviors through functional analysis and case formulation, assess psychological flexibility, and manage informed consent in ACT.

05:29 🔒

▶ 14.2 Session structure

How to structure an ACT session: grounding exercise, homework review, working with the hexaflex through metaphors and experiential exercises, and closing with a values based behavioral commitment

05:06 🔒

▶ 14.3 Non-linearity of treatment

How to apply ACT nonlinearly: move among the six Hexaflex processes according to client needs, avoid premature evaluations, and measure success by psychological flexibility and valued action.

04:41 🔒

▽ TOPIC 15: APPLICATIONS IN SPECIFIC DISORDERS

4 Lessons00:18:31

Master ACT and exposure techniques to live with anxiety, disconnect fear from escape, manage impulses and cravings, stop compulsions, and engage in value-aligned behavior despite discomfort.

▶ 15.1 Anxiety and Phobias

Using acceptance and exposure from ACT to live with anxiety, separate fear from avoidance and expand actions toward what matters.

04:55 🔒

▶ 15.2 Depression and rumination

ACT techniques to overcome depressive inertia: activate behavior aligned with your values through small steps and defuse feelings of worthlessness by treating them as mental spam.

04:38 🔒

▶ 15.3 Addictions and impulse control

You will learn how addiction serves as an escape from pain, how to accept discomfort, and how to manage impulses using the surf the wave technique to avoid giving in to cravings.

04:31 🔒

▶ 15.4 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Change your relationship with intrusive thoughts through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and exposure with response prevention to stop compulsions and regain freedom guided by your values.

04:27 🔒

▽ TOPIC 16: CLOSURE AND MAINTENANCE

2 Lessons00:10:16

Dispel the myth of constant happiness, accept your emotional range, live by your values to foster wellbeing, accept setbacks, and form daily habits that sustain psychological flexibility for recovery

▶ 16.1 The happiness trap

How to dismantle the trap of constant happiness, accept the emotional range, and cultivate well-being as a byproduct of living according to your values.

05:08 🔒

▶ 16.2 Relapse prevention and future

How to accept relapses as part of the process and create daily habits that sustain psychological flexibility so you can recover quickly and handle future crises.

05:08 🔒

▽ TOPIC 17: ADDICTIONS AND IMPULSE CONTROL

3 Lessons00:15:11

You will learn how addiction avoids distress, use an emotion-tolerant approach, ride urges with breathing, separate sensation from action, and integrate factors and values to prevent relapse and give meaning to your life

▶ 17.1 Addiction as experiential avoidance

You will understand how addiction works as a strategy to avoid emotional distress and which therapeutic approach aims to tolerate those emotions instead of just removing the escape object.

04:54 🔒

▶ 17.2 Urge Surfing (Urge Surfing)

A technique to observe and ride out an intense urge using the breath, preventing automatic reactions and separating the sensation from the action.

05:04 🔒

▶ 17.3 Integral treatment

How to integrate biological, environmental, and psychological factors and use values to prevent relapses and build a life with purpose.

05:13 🔒

▽ TOPIC 18: MANAGING DIFFICULT THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS [ADVANCED]

4 Lessons00:19:22

Reframe doubt, stop seeking reassurance, and practice defusion techniques to understand emotions, break cognitive fusion, and act with confidence and autonomy despite uncertainty.

▶ 18.1 Managing Doubt and Uncertainty

Reframe doubt as a normal mental event, stop the compulsive search for reassurance, and learn to act with confidence and autonomy despite uncertainty.

04:51 🔒

▶ 18.2 Normalization of intense emotions

You will understand why no emotion is bad, how to decode its evolutionary and communicative role, and how to turn labels into cues to act with presence

05:10 🔒

▶ 18.3 Positive thinking vs. reframing vs. defusion

You will discover why forced positive thinking and cognitive restructuring often fail, and learn to change your relationship to thoughts with ACT defusion so you can act despite them.

04:54 🔒

▶ 18.4 Suggestion and Fusion

Identify how cognitive fusion acts like self-hypnosis, creating self-fulfilling prophecies, and learn defusion techniques to break the trance and regain agency over your thoughts and behavior

04:27 🔒

▽ TOPIC 19: DOWNLOAD PDF DOCUMENTATION

1 Lessons00:00:00

📥 19.1 Discard PDF Documentation

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Frequently asked questions about ACT Psychology

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy [ACT] and what is it used for?

ACT is a third generation therapy that uses acceptance and mindfulness to increase psychological flexibility, helping people live according to their personal values.

What are the benefits of the Hexaflex model in clinical psychology?

The Hexaflex integrates six key processes such as defusion and the observing self, enabling effective treatment of anxiety and depression without fighting the symptoms.

How does this ACT course help manage anxiety and stress?

Teaches how to stop avoiding discomfort and to [drop anchor] in the present, reducing additional suffering and allowing action despite fear.

Is it necessary to be a psychologist to study Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

It is not exclusive. Although ideal for clinicians, it is very useful for coaches and educators who want tools for emotional intelligence and personal development.