An Intro to Overcoming Pornography Addiction
Using Acceptance Commitment Therapy
What Is It?
Try Differently is an interactive psycho-educational seminar focused on implementing strategies, tools, and tips to live a healthier, more values-aligned life (and thus, decreasing and eventually eliminating pornography dependency).
It emphasizes that trying harder or doing more isn’t usually the issue, but rather needing a different approach to begin making progress. Utilizing an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy framework, a trauma-informed lens, and a sex-positive perspective, participants will learn to engage their struggle in a new and hopeful way with tools focused on:
increasing mindfulness and self-awareness to better recognize physical and emotional patterns that keep you stuck
learning to sit with urges and uncomfortable emotions rather than being afraid of them
practicing self-compassion without becoming complacent in living your values.
🎯 You’ll Learn To:
Challenge shame & fear narratives that have impeded change
View your struggle as an opportunity rather than an obstacle.
Sit with uncomfortable feelings through body awareness and mindfulness.
Increase personal openness and dialogue that will help in all areas of life, not just in topics pertaining to pornography
Differentiate between pornography use, dependency, and addiction (and create a personal plan based on where you are.)
Part 1
Choice Points & The Seven Circles
In part 1, we will give an overview of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, and introduce the concept of choice points. We will also discuss the 7 Circles, which can help assess the “depth” of your struggles with pornography.
Part 2
Psychological Flexibility & The Hexaflex
With our understanding of the 7 Circles, we will use ACT’s Hexaflex to identify moments wherein we can learn to sit with discomfort, ground ourselves, and commit to actions that are aligned with our personal values.
Part 3
Custom-Built Bridges & Next Steps
We end by helping you personalize what you’ve learned and helping you identify some of what you need to do next. Time will be given for questions & answers, so you can walk away with a personalized plan & action steps to take.