Ep. 98: How to Pivot to a Life Worth Living Through Flexibility: A Review of ACT

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The Healthy Compulsive Project

Gary Trosclair

99 episodes

2 weeks ago

For five years The Healthy Compulsive Project has been offering information, insight and inspiration for OCPD, obsessive-compulsive personality, perfectionism, micro-managers and Type A personality. Anyone who’s ever been known to overwork, overplan, overcontrol or overanalyze is welcome here, where the obsessive-compulsive personality is explored and harnessed to deliver what it was originally meant to deliver. Join psychotherapist, Jungian psychoanalyst and author Gary Trosclair as he delves into the pitfalls and potential of the driven personality with an informative, positive, and often playful approach to this sometimes-vexing character style.

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Ep. 98: How to Pivot to a Life Worth Living Through Flexibility: A Review of ACT

The Healthy Compulsive Project

25 minutes

1 month ago

Ep. 98: How to Pivot to a Life Worth Living Through Flexibility: A Review of ACT

To make a dent in the pile of material you might feel you have to read to be up on the most recent developments in mental health, here's a practical review of the relatively new approach to therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, with brief examples of how to apply it. Because one of the main goals of ACT is flexibility, it can be very helpful to anyone struggling with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), or to those just challenged by some obsessive-compulsive traits, perfectionism, workaholism, or Type A personality.