Psychiatry & Writing Ep 1🧠✍🏾 - How Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps me create characters

Welcome back! Today we’re going to talk about ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) and how I use concepts in ACT to help me create well-rounded, multi-dimensional characters. Please note that educational information about mental health is NOT a substitute for psychotherapy or intended to replace individual work with a licensed mental health provider. If you are in need of help, please seek out professional services from a licensed mental healthcare professional. Here are some additional educational resources about ACT if you'd like to learn more about it:

What is ACT?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/th...
   • What is Acceptance and Commitment The...   by The Act Therapist by Dr. Jessica

ACT Matrix Exercise:
   • The ACT Matrix | a simple perspective...  

Mental Health Hotlines:
Suicide Hotline: 988 (Call or Text or chat onine at 988lifeline.org)
SAHMSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration): 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Veteran Crisis Line: 988, then press 1 OR text 838255 OR chat online https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ge...
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Time Stamps
00:00 - A Chaotic Start
00:28 - Psychiatry in Media vs Psychiatry in Writing, a long-winded explanation 👁👄👁
05:15 - The Video Starts Here + a disclaimer
05:54 - What is ACT?
08:02 - The ACT Matrix
09:56 - Practicing with an example: Tony Stark
15:31 - Putting it Together: ACT and character development
17:35 - Wrap-Up
18:13 - Potential Future Project...? 👀

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   • ...And We'll Do it Again  

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