Counselling BC Techniques and Therapy Skills
Integrating the therapy session into your home
Life is hard, and our thoughts often make it much harder, turning pain into suffering.
Painful and unhelpful thoughts are unfortunately a part of life. As much as I wish I could wave a magic wand and free my clients from unhelpful and painful thoughts, I can’t. They aren’t going to go away. They are part of the human experience and a part of life. The wonderful news is that we don’t have to believe all of our thoughts, we don’t have to take all of our thoughts seriously, and we can create distance from our thoughts so that they have much less effect on us and are less “in our face.” This reduces struggling. Battling or believing all of our thoughts creates more suffering that is added to the human experience of pain.
I often work with clients using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients learn to separate from their thoughts and not take their thoughts so seriously. Whether you are a client, a practitioner or just looking online in BC, I’ve complied a Defusion Cheat Sheet adapted from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy that can be easily accessed and applied.
