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Being Liberated from Anxiety with Kelly Wilson

September 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Mississippi. He is Past President of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science and has won the University of Mississipi’s prestigious Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award.  Dr. Wilson is one of the co-developers of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and has written several books, including Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong:  A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety.

In this episode, Kelly Wilson and Eric discuss his approach to helping others to become liberated from their anxiety.

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In This Interview, Kelly Wilson and I Discuss Being Liberated from Anxiety and…

  • His book, Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong:  A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety.
  • Anxiety is not as a disease or that we’re broken
  • His past view of vulnerability as being the enemy
  • His theory that 1 out of 2 people has experienced some form of suffering or hardship in their life
  • How labels can obscure a person
  • Before talking about acceptance, one must understand what really matters
  • Moving in the direction towards what you love rather than just trying to eliminate symptoms.
  • Suffering may be due to how our burden is being carried
  • Facing our difficulties is needed to understand what courage and sacrifice look like
  • Values and vulnerability are the starting place in therapy
  • Identifying what would make the hardest thing worthwhile
  • When we don’t know our values, identify where it hurts
  • If the burden could be lifted, what would you allow?
  • Reclaiming what we value by taking redemptive action
  • The next right thing is acknowledging where you’ve been wrong
  • Committed action is the next action that brings you back to who you want to be
  • It’s all about moving in the right direction, not the distance

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