What is the ACT Therapists Guide

It’s an online newsletter for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Practitioners. I regularly write about ways to effectively implement the ACT Model. I am interested in helping you navigate common challenges and pitfalls, such as:

• Talking about ACT instead of doing it
• Staying flexible when you feel under pressure
• What to do when a client just wants strategies

Not only will I offer mentorship on these typical struggles, but I will also guide you in engaging clients in successful behaviour change.

What is Substack?

Substack helps anyone set up a blog and email newsletter.

Substack lets independent writers and podcasters publish directly online. Authors can use the platform for personal writing or news, and send digital newsletters directly to a reader’s inbox. 

What You’ll Get As a Subscriber

Each edition is written for ACT therapists who want to grow their confidence, deepen their understanding, and sharpen their clinical skills.

• 🎯 Clear guidance on using ACT in real sessions
  Practical tips to help you navigate common challenges like avoidance, fusion, and stuckness.
• 🔍 Deeper understanding of ACT’s core processes
  Learn how psychological flexibility works — and how to spot it (or the lack of it) in-session.
• 🧰 Tools, metaphors & interventions that work
  Get usable strategies, not theory dumps — all grounded in contextual behavioural science.
• 🧠 Support for developing your own ACT style
  Go beyond the model and learn to show up with flexibility, curiosity, and personal authenticity.
• 📉 Insights from supervision, training & consultation
  Discover lessons from the field — what skilled therapists actually do when things get tough.
• 🧭 Ideas to build deliberate practice habits
  Develop skill with purpose — not just through experience, but through reflection and intention.

Meet the author, Jim Lucas