Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Joseph Ciarrochi

I seek to understand how to help people develop flexible strength (also termed psychological flexibility). Flexible strength involves the ability to utilize psychological skills in a way that promotes personal growth and builds vitality and valued action. The psychological skills that support flexible strength have been given many labels, including: mindfulness, emotional awareness, value clarity, self-compassion, growth mindset, creativity, willpower, resilience, persistence, and grit.

I promote flexible strength using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy , Mindfulness, and Positive Psychology . My core values are to:

Promote physical, emotional, and social well-being
Promote peak performance
Create supportive communities
Promote effective, value driven behavior.

Speaker

I offer a wide range of workshops, trainings, and keynote presentations to organizations, leaders, schools, teachers, psychological practitioners, and the general public. I teach concrete ways to increase well-being, social connectedness, and effective action. I am a scientist, University Professor, and book author, and ground all my speakin[...]

Researcher

I am an active researcher with numerous national competitive grants. My research focuses on three key questions:

1) How do we measure flexible strength.

2) How does flexible strength develop and change?

3) How do we promote flexible strength?

Author

I have published a number of books that focus on promoting well-being and effectiveness in all domains of life. Topics include measuring and improving emotional intelligence, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (or mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training when used in a coaching context), and cultivating well-being.