Tag: Counseling Philippines

Invitation to all counselors and therapists!

Attention counselors and therapists from the Philippines. Nathaniel Chua will be one of the speakers in an upcoming conference for therapists from LMIC or Low or Middle Income Countries, sponsored by the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)! He will give a one hour talk about Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy: An ACT-Consistent Approach for Couple Therapy. He will be the lone speaker from the Philippines.

“Everyone involved in the organising of the conference does so voluntarily. No honorarium is provided. All collected funds will be channelled to DNC training funds and various chapters within developing nations to support future activities within developing nations.”*

Other speakers are Steven Hayes, Louise McHugh, Lisa Coyne, and Emily Sandoz

Here’s the link to the event:

*https://contextualscience.org/acbs_lmic_international_conference_2023?fbclid=IwAR1L_som8-_9M8jAYeq9gZkLQ0khSbc0SXheFLi8Lz7dK_oPKjBhlaZuH-U#

ACBS LMIC International Conference November 2023

Nathaniel Chua, founder of One Life Only Counseling Services will be one of the keynote speakers in this upcoming virtual conference organized by the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) called LMIC (Low or Middle Income Countries) International Conference on November 17, 2023.

He will be speaking about Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT): An ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) Consistent Approach for Couples.

Click here to know more!

Interview with Chinkee Tan and Christine Bersola-Babao

Here’s a short chat with Chinkee Tan and Christine Bersola-Babao about financial conflicts among couples on their One PH program MagBadyet Tayo! You can skip to the 31st minute mark to see it. Hope this proves useful to all.

Two Shrinks Over Drinks AGAIN!

In this episode for our series, Shrinks Over Drinks, I talk with Dr. Niklas Torneke, a Swedish psychiatrist who has authored three books in English and more in Swedish. Two of his books in English have been very instrumental in my journey into ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), RFT (Relational Frame Theory), and behaviorism. He is an authority when it comes to the uses of language and metaphors from an RFT perspective.

I have myself seen how his work has informed me inside the counseling room and how much it helps people see through the veneer of language.

Listen on Spotify!

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nathaniel-chua/episodes/Blogcast-64-Two-Shrinks-Over-Drinks-AGAIN-e2accoc

Anger Management Interview – Video

Hi everyone!

In this episode from MakiAlam with hosts Pelita Uy and Angelo Almonte, I discuss the recent reports about an irate employer who physically abused a housekeeper.  For all of you who have anger issues like I do, I hope you learn a few things here.

Another Two Shrinks Over Drinks! With Dr. Emily Sandoz!

If you prefer to listen to this video interview, you can click the play button below:

Two MORE Shrinks Over Drinks! Part 2

This is the second offering of our Two Shrinks Over Drinks series. This time we have a friend, who’s also a doctor and co-author of a book entitled, “Mastering the Clinical Conversation: Language as Intervention.”

Here you get another chance to eavesdrop on two MORE shrinks caught in a casual conversation. If you have ever wondered what it is like to listen to a couple of psychologists/counselors talk over a drink, well, here’s your chance!

In this second part of the chat with Matthieu, we discuss the following:

– Matthieu’s views about the DSM
– Movies that he saw from an ACT perspective and his views about the characters in the movie Les Miserables
– How clinging to rules can lead to loneliness and sometimes even suicide
– Hierarchical thinking and its relation to our choices of behaving
– What role psychologists play in changing behavior in society for the good

 

 

Two MORE Shrinks Over Drinks! Video! Part 1

This is the second offering of our Two Shrinks Over Drinks series. This time we have a friend, who’s also a doctor and co-author of a book entitled, “Mastering the Clinical Conversation: Language as Intervention.”

Here you get another chance to eavesdrop on two MORE shrinks caught in a casual conversation. If you have ever wondered what it is like to listen to a couple of psychologists/counselors talk over a drink, well, here’s your chance!

We talk about a myriad of topics and it took two hours to do! In fact, this could have been topics that are fit for a whole day’s chatter!

So this will be the first part wherein we talk about:

– Dr. Villatte’s ACT story

– Philosophical framework in counseling or psychotherapy

– What Skinner referred to when he wrote about a pre-scientific way of explaining human behavior

– What we mean by an approach that has precision, depth, and scope; how this can affect the way therapists choose their approach or models of therapy, and how this can assist clients make decisions on the kind of therapy they want