Where To Begin Today To Drive Change...4 ACT Sessions in One Podcast!

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In Dr. Steven Hayes’ book A Liberated Mind, How to Pivot Toward What Matters https://amzn.to/34w72BT Dr. Hayes shares some research that shows how quickly you can begin making progress using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). The study evaluated how ACT helped people cope with chronic pain, one of the most difficult conditions to treat. After 4 sessions of ACT, the participants in the study had an 87 percent reduction in medical visits and only missed an average of half a day of work versus the control group who missed weeks of work and attended 15 to 1 doctor's appointments who did not receive the ACT training. I dig deep into what those 4 sessions of ACT consist of, why the sessions are so impactful and how you can incorporate them into your own life as soon as possible. - Tony's new best selling book "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" is now available on Kindle. https://amzn.to/38mauBo (https://amzn.to/38mauBo) - Tony Overbay, is the co-author of "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" now available on Amazon https://amzn.to/33fk0U4 (https://amzn.to/33fk0U4). The book debuted in the number 1 spot in the Sexual Health Recovery category and remains there as the time of this record. The book has received numerous positive reviews from professionals in the mental health and recovery fields. - The book tackles tough questions with answers from both the expert and the addict's point of view. Tony, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and creator of The Path Back, an online pornography addiction recovery program that has helped hundreds of people overcome turning to pornography and other compulsive sexual behaviors as a coping mechanism, and Joshua Shea, former addict, and author of the book “The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About” read their respective answers to questions such as "Finding out he's addicted to porn has turned me off to sex completely, what should I do?" And "How much do we tell the kids?" And "Does this mean that God is mad at me, or doesn't love me?" - Reviews include: "This is the most helpful book for porn addicts and the people who (still) love them. One of the most courageous and timely books to help with a widespread and almost never talked about epidemic that is ruining marriages, careers, and lives. It will give hope to millions of people who are addicted to pornography. -- Mark Goulston, MD, FAPA, Author of Just Listen Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone. - You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs, and podcasts. - The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) Betterhelp.com is the world's leading provider of online therapy. Their mission is to make professional counseling accessible, affordable, and convenient, so anyone who struggles with life's challenges can get help, anytime, anywhere. Head to http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) for 10% off your first month of services.

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0:30.2	Hey, before we get to today's episode of the virtual couch, an episode where I'm going to share
0:34.6	four very specific things out of acceptance and commitment
0:37.5	therapy that that is going to change your life. That is a very bold statement. But you'll,
0:41.5	you're going to walk away from it. I know you're going to want to take action. You're going to feel
0:45.6	just revived. You're going to feel energized. But before we get there, I'm going to try to do
0:50.3	something new with my betterhelp.com ad. I've got my phone in front of me. I've got the
0:55.5	stopwatch out. I'm going to try to take care of this in less than a minute. Am I ready? On my
0:59.5	mark? Get set. Go. So as a therapist myself, of course, I would recommend that everybody
1:04.3	give therapy a try. Truly, we're all hanging on to things that would be helpful to process,
1:08.1	or there's things in our life that we maybe thought we would achieve by now or there are things that we desperately want to achieve so we won't live
1:13.5	a life full of regrets. So if that is you or if you owe it to yourself, just give therapy a try.
1:19.0	And if you're not up for going into somebody's office sitting in a waiting room, if you've tried
1:23.2	to get a hold of a therapist and they are booked out for a little while, you can try betterhelp.com.
1:28.0	Just go to betterhelp.com slash virtual couch.
1:30.9	Again, that's betterhelp.com forward slash virtual couch, all one word.
1:34.5	And take a look at the world of online therapy.
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