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Oct 28, 2026
Glenn OstlundHOST
And so... as a trauma-informed therapist now, I look at this as how people get fused to their thoughts, fused to their beliefs, like their identity is just absolutely fused to it.
Glenn OstlundHOST
And so one of the things that I do working with clients is it's this thing called ACT, acceptance and commitment therapy.
Glenn OstlundHOST
And part of it is to defuse from your own thoughts and feelings so that you can look at them objectively Because otherwise, like if somebody comes at you and they're attacking something that you believe really strongly, you just double down.
Glenn OstlundHOST
You're defending it.
Alicia HillHOST
His struggles eventually led to hospitalization, medication, and specialized treatment before he began finding his way toward recovery.
Alicia HillHOST
Today, Paul works with people struggling with OCD and anxiety, combining approaches like exposure and response prevention, or ERP, and acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, to help them break free from compulsions and back to living meaningful lives.
Alicia HillHOST
We're going to talk about what OCD looked like for Paul, what finally helped him recover, and what he's learned about OCD from being on both sides of the treatment relationship.
Alicia HillHOST
Paul, welcome to the OCD Confessional.
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Paul McCarrollGUEST
If I was talking to somebody, I would have to like talk in a certain way to feel right.
Paul McCarrollGUEST
And again, looking back on it, the bizarre nature of it, but it was classic, I suppose, OCD.
Paul McCarrollGUEST
And the metaphor, which I would share an awful lot with clients, I'm sure you're maybe familiar with it yourselves, is falling in the hole, classic sort of acceptance and commitment therapy metaphor, which really is imagine for a moment you're walking through this field, you're blindfolded.
Paul McCarrollGUEST
There's holes in this field and despite your best intentions, you still may fall in one of these holes because you're blindfolded.
Hilary WeingardenGUEST
That's generally sort of the framework I use.
Hilary WeingardenGUEST
And there's ACT, acceptance and commitment therapy, which is another sort of behavioral intervention.
Hilary WeingardenGUEST
But across all of these, the first thing you're doing in a treatment for BFRBs is some detective work.
Hilary WeingardenGUEST
So most people, first of all, aren't always aware when they're doing their behavior.
Mary Scott MercerGUEST
Ride it.
Mary Scott MercerGUEST
It's called acceptance and commitment therapy.
Mary Scott MercerGUEST
And if you need
Sarah ParkerHOST
some help, I've got some good people.
Sarah ParkerHOST
actual modality of therapy.
Sarah ParkerHOST
Wow.
Sarah ParkerHOST
Acceptance and commitment therapy.
Sarah ParkerHOST
It's the, I accept this is where I am in my life.
Todd SchmenkHOST
This episode is less about unpacking one clinical concept and more about offering a map.
Todd SchmenkHOST
Because if you've been listening to this podcast or reading about ACT or hearing terms like contextual behavioral science, psychological flexibility, relational frame theory, yada, yada, yada, you may have eventually arrived at a very practical question.
Todd SchmenkHOST
What do I go next? How do I read? Who do I learn from? Where do I find other people who are interested in this? How do I move from being curious about ACT to actually becoming part of a learning community? That's what this episode's about.
Todd SchmenkHOST
So I wanna point you to a few resources, some organizations, some trainings, and some communities that can help keep you going.
Todd SchmenkHOST
Some are international, some are national, some are regional, And some are connected to the work that we're building here in Rhode Island through React.
Todd SchmenkHOST
So you don't have to learn this all alone.
Todd SchmenkHOST
And that's what this is really all about.
Todd SchmenkHOST
ACT is often described as a clinical model, but it's also part of a larger scientific and professional community.
Patricia E. Zurita OnaHOST
But there is a big difference when you step back and look at what is really, really, really important to you.
Patricia E. Zurita OnaHOST
What gives you a sense of vitality? What gives you meaning? So within ACT, when we talk about values, we are talking about your answers to some fundamental questions about how you want to live your life.
Patricia E. Zurita OnaHOST
Who do you want to be as a sister? Who do you want to be as a friend? Who do you want to be as a mother? Who do you want to be as a brother? Who do you want to be as a husband? What is important to you when you think about your friendships? Who do you want to be in your community? And if you ask yourself those questions, not one time, but many, many, many times, you will get in contact with those qualities, those life principles that are truly, truly important to you, the things that really matter to you, the things that you care about.
Patricia E. Zurita OnaHOST
Here's a short definition of values.
Jerry CunninghamHOST
acceptance and commitment therapy.
Jerry CunninghamHOST
I love it.
Jerry CunninghamHOST
It's newer than cognitive behavioral therapy, and I was trained under cognitive behavioral therapy, but I got some training a couple years ago on ACT, and I really love it.
Jerry CunninghamHOST
It encourages people to stop organizing their entire lives around avoiding discomfort and helps them begin to reconnect with activities that are important to them.
Jerry CunninghamHOST
Someone who has stopped attending family gatherings because they're afraid of experiencing symptoms of the pain might gradually work towards participating in the reunions again, using coping strategies that can help them get through it with the appropriate medical guidance here, too.
Siri MyramHOST
Notice how the story points to what you care about and what's most important to you, and consider how you can act on that care.
Siri MyramHOST
Dr. Diana Hill is a clinical psychologist, international trainer, and sought-out speaker in acceptance and commitment therapy and compassion.
Siri MyramHOST
She is host of the Wise Effort podcast, author of the Self-Compassion Daily Journal, and co-author of the ACT Daily Journal.
Siri MyramHOST
Ready to practice? Here's Diana Hill.
Georgina StandenHOST
Skills are practiced during the calmer follicular phase, so they're already familiar and available by the time the luteal phase arrives, rather than trying to learn something brand new in the middle of a crisis.
Georgina StandenHOST
I want to mention a third approach too, acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, because it takes a quite different angle again.
Georgina StandenHOST
I'll be upfront that the evidence for ACT specifically in PMDD is much earlier stage than CBT or DBT.
Georgina StandenHOST
This is an area of real interest, but also real uncertainty, and I don't want to overstate it.
Georgina StandenHOST
Where ACT differs is that it's less about trying to fix or eliminate difficult thoughts and feelings, and more about changing your relationship with them.
Georgina StandenHOST
It works through a few connected ideas, noticing and unhooking from distressing thoughts rather than being pulled along by them, allowing emotions to be present without fighting them, staying anchored in the present moment, getting clear on what actually matters to you and taking meaningful action even when things feel uncomfortable.
Georgina StandenHOST
I think this can be particularly relevant for some of the specific patterns I see in PMDD A sense of losing control during the luteal phase, harsh self-criticism or shame about how you reacted.
Georgina StandenHOST
CBT has the strongest track record and newer approaches are specifically building in emotion regulation and interpersonal skills to address what classical CBT alone sometimes misses.
John SchinnererGUEST
There's a...
John SchinnererGUEST
There's a great illustration in ACT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
John SchinnererGUEST
It was a book I was reading a while back.
John SchinnererGUEST
I just remember the illustration.
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