101: Love Is a Verb: Putting Radical Acceptance Into Action -
Hosted By: Dr. Stacey Dixon
Instructional Level: Intermediate
We are taught as mental health care providers to be cautious in telling the people we support that we love them. But why? Codes of Ethics are intended to protect our members from relationships that can be used to manipulate, coerce, or exploit them – and rightly so. But supporting someone in their own home with their daily lives and personal struggles involves many loving actions. What do we lose in learning opportunities when we do not label love correctly? Radical acceptance offers us a means to teach loving behaviors in an ethical manner
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what radical acceptance is and is not.
- Identify how and when to label actions as love when teaching skills for independence and resilience.
- Learn how “love” may be the missing piece in diversion during crisis events.
