Clinical Resources

A curated collection of clinical tools, frameworks, and reference material for contextual behavioral practice. Content here is grounded in Functional Contextualism and RFT, and organized to support clinicians at every stage of development. New material is added regularly.

1. Case Conceptualization

Tools and frameworks for building ACT-consistent case formulations. This section supports clinicians in moving beyond symptom descriptions toward a functional understanding of behavior — analyzing what maintains inflexibility patterns and identifying where intervention is most likely to create meaningful movement.

2. Note Writing

Progress note frameworks, FPN guides, and documentation templates designed to reflect what actually happens in an ACT session. These resources help clinicians document functionally rather than defaulting to symptom tracking or protocol-driven formats.

3. Exercises

Experiential exercises and structured activities for use directly in session. These are client-facing tools designed to evoke the six flexibility processes, support values clarification, and create contact with workability in the moment.

4. Metaphors

A growing collection of ACT-consistent metaphors ready for clinical use. Each metaphor is offered as a functional tool rather than a script — use what fits the client and the moment, and leave what does not.

5. Clinical Reflections

Reflective exercises and prompts written for the clinician, not the client. This section supports your own development as a practitioner — examining your therapeutic stance, your relationship to the work, and your own psychological flexibility in session.

6. For Supervisors

Frameworks, session templates, and guidance for delivering ACT-congruent supervision. The focus here is on supervision as a developmental relationship grounded in the same principles that guide clinical work — function over form, flexibility over compliance, and growth over evaluation.

7. My Values Application (for clients)

This tool was developed and validated during a PhD at USP, with more than 1,000 participants in the initial research. Today, over 2,300 people have completed the exercise, proposing a new approach to value assessment by combining research and practical application.

8. Personalized Life ANalysis Network (PLAN)

PLAN is a visual mapping tool that helps you and your clients build a personalized picture of how different factors in their life influence one another. Rather than fitting a client into a diagnostic category or a fixed treatment protocol, PLAN supports you in identifying the specific processes that are maintaining their suffering or blocking valued living and how those processes connect.