<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ACBS GA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowering mental health in Georgia and beyond, one resource at a time.]]></description><link>https://www.acbsga.com/suggested-reading</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 22:59:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.acbsga.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[People, Not Protocols: The Heart of ACT]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post was written by ACBS GA member Jessica Goodnight, PhD, of the Anxiety and Trauma Clinic of Atlanta. If you've spent enough time in the ACT community, you've likely heard the classic scripts. You know what it means to allow your thoughts to be "leaves on a stream". You know what a "passenger on the bus" is. You might have thanked your mind for a thought, or stared into a strangers eyes for ages without blinking, or said the word "milk" so many times you forgot where you were in space...]]></description><link>https://www.acbsga.com/post/people-not-protocols-the-heart-of-act</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8c709d1da41d051600bd6b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/413ae9_8e00d1c01fcc4d7e91d91012da52c3a6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_378,h_264,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jessica Goodnight</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why ACT? A love story.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Member-contributed post written by Jessica Goodnight, PhD I was an insecure 22-year-old working in an OCD research lab when I first learned about ACT.  Like many (most?) other mental health professionals I know, my own emotional difficulties were the true source of my initial interest in the field. In the academic medicine environment of a treatment research lab, I learned that it was very inappropriate to say so. I learned, in fact, that admitting such a thing to the wrong person might be...]]></description><link>https://www.acbsga.com/post/why-act-a-love-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a74e73b2dc76a37da3ba0cc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:52:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_78d7ac40fa914d679c5c6870dfaafab8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jessica Goodnight</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>