Re: intensive outpatient anxiety program using ACT

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noooooo waaaaay kelly...u know her tooo:-)....by any chance were in joanns

program the same time i was last year?? , ur name sounds awefully familiar...

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> > > hey terry:-)

> > > firstly i apologize for the late reply. With ramadan, and fasting and my 2

little rascals keeping me on my toes, i am not able to come online too much

these days.

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> > > below the info about the program. it is in chicago, il. i don't live in

chicago, but this was the 2nd time i went there in summer , just to be able to

enroll in that program.

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> > > I have gone through therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists which much

despair, then finally last year i found this program, it had newly started so i

was expremely fortunate to have Dr. M. Joann (the director of the

program) be my therapist, as well as one of the therapist leading the daily

sessions.

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> > > just to give u a summmary about myself, i am a muslim woman, who wears a

head scarf and have been the victim of racial attacks, hence have suffered from

social anxiety,social phobia, agouraphobia, for almost 9 yrs...like i meantined

, i went through several therapists here where i reside, had some bad

expereinces as well, when i would mention how i develepoed the anxiety , i had a

couple who would start lecturing me about why they felt whatever political

debate was going on at that time, muslims were wrong in their stance, which i

belive had nothing to do with me, as i was simply desperatly seeking therapy for

my probelm , and not there to debate religion or politics. I also had a couple

comments like " atleast u should be happy u don't wear a burka, or atleast u r

not afghani " which once again, i am not quite sure what that means, as i do have

all kinds of freinds from dif countries and they r just like me, hence not

terrorists. but anyways i don't wanna get i nto too much detail, as ur question

is very specific:-)

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> > > but when i joined the program last year, if it wasn't for dr.Joaann wright

, and her genuinly warm, loving and caring personality, i would have had a very

tough time just to be able to be in a room full of americans, coz i truly feared

them. Joann changed my life around, and i havta say from mine and my freinds

experencies, u don't c many psychologists/therapist around that have this gift

of being able to bond with pateints like that, and having such an impact on

their their life and their recovery..I would witness miracles there last

year..people with the worst of agouraphobia, anxiety, depression would come in ,

and in 3 weeks the transformation was amazing. And apart from the fact that the

program they had there used ACT and all of dr. steven hayes exercises and tons

of worksheets and exercises and take home hw, i very sotrngly belive that the

sucesss also had a lot to do with Joann.

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> > > now to give u some nitty gritty details about the program

> > > here's tthe link :-

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> > > http://www.edward.org/body.cfm?id=1481

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> > > it's a 4 week long program. runs everyday for 3 1/2 hrs a day.

> > > 2 therapsist run it everyday. Joann is not in the program running it

anymore, she oversees it though, but the other therapist r excellent too..once a

week we have a 1 hr discussion with Dr. Prinz , a psychiatrist...he's

amazing. he talks about all the meds and getz into details about how they work

for what disorders. amazing, very imformative, plus he's an awesome guy. Once a

week each patent also getz one on one 1/2 hr appts with the therapist they r

assigned to. all btw highly trained in ACT, and amazing. There a full time nurse

there , she's the best, and she works with u with any help or concerns u have

throught ur 4 weeks there...also once a week every patent getz a one on one with

an assigned psychiatrists to discuss their progress and what all medications

they were on and monitor their dosage.

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> > > and like i mentioned, it's all ACT and it's in a group setting. however

each person getz ample time everyday to adreess their issues. and the best part

is it is very well structured. its not just random talking about how ur day

went..it's based on in claass worksheets and assigments u do and take home

assignments u do. they use a lotta dr. steven hayes books and ruth harris books

etc. on ACT for exercises.

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> > > BUT like i mentioned b4, i have never been a reader, but whatever

knowledge i have about ACT is all from the therpay. PLUS i have had some huge

breakthroughts, if i mention those that will take up another 5 paras, but they

have been all becoz of ACT and from Joann's anxiety program and all the people

(therapsist/psyciatrists etc) there who make it work. hope this helps:-)

> > > wasalaam

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> > > ADULT ANXIETY IOP

> > > 1250 North Mill Street, Naperville,

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> > > M. Joann , PhD.

> > > http://www.edward.org/body.cfm?id=1481

> > > www.psychologicalsolutionsinstitute.com

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OMGOODNESS!!!

Right this very moment " i am noticing that i am having the thought that i made a

complete fool of myself!! "

I am so sorry Dr. . I just went to the email again to look for ur

last name to c if i could remember u from Joanns therapy , and then read

EVERYTHING below ur name, to find out that u r - , CO-AUTHOR of the

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy! ...ahoh....SORRY!

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> > Joann is a pal. She rocks. Just sayin.

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> > kelly

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Nothing to be sorry about in my world. I have sat in the "patient"/"client" chair and then some. I spent 2 months institutionalized--1 in a locked psychiatric ward, 1 in a drug and alcohol treatment center--back in '85.I know Jo professionally and personally. and, this is very cool:Right this very moment "i am noticing that i am having the thought that i made a complete fool of myself!!"Right in this very moment, I am noticing a smile on my face at the cool things happening in your life and that you got some good help from my pal Joann.warm regards,kelly

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OMGOODNESS!!!

Right this very moment "i am noticing that i am having the thought that i made a complete fool of myself!!"

I am so sorry Dr. . I just went to the email again to look for ur last name to c if i could remember u from Joanns therapy , and then read EVERYTHING below ur name, to find out that u r - , CO-AUTHOR of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy! ...ahoh....SORRY!

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> > Joann is a pal. She rocks. Just sayin.

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> > kelly