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Coping With Discomfort: An Expansion Practice

Name: Coping With Discomfort: An Expansion Practice
Uploaded: 2023-08-28T19:38:18.427Z
Duration: 5 min 25 s
Channel: Sarah Rivers Deal, PhD, LPC
Description: From Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this mindfulness-based practice teaches listeners to learn to accept and create space for thoughts, feelings, and sensations rather than struggle with them, wishing they weren't there.

by Sarah Rivers Deal, PhD, LPC

Rated

4.6

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

814

From Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this mindfulness-based practice teaches listeners to learn to accept and create space for thoughts, feelings, and sensations rather than struggle with them, wishing they weren't there.

Coping Discomfort Expansion Mindfulness Acceptance Thoughts Heart Body Awareness Recognition Emotional Acceptance Thought Labeling State Recognition Acting Body Sensations Awareness Breathing Breathing Awareness Struggles Emotional Honoring

Meet your Teacher

Sarah Rivers Deal, PhD, LPC

Austin, TX, USA

Meet your Teacher

Sarah Rivers Deal, PhD, LPC

Austin, TX, USA

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