Confidence Comes After Action | Committed Action for Social AnxietyExplained

Описание: In this Belonging Matters episode, Dr. Matt Bedell, LPC-S, explores Committed Action, the sixth pillar of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), for social anxiety recovery.

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We often wait until we feel ready before we act, yet in ACT, healing isn’t a feeling. It’s a direction.

Through personal metaphor, clinical reflection, and trauma-informed guidance, this video explores how doing can lead to feeling, and how small steps, grounded in values, carve new pathways toward belonging.

Inside this reflection, you’ll learn:
Why confidence comes after action
How to identify the tipping point of a task and take a half-step
Why reflection and integration build real resilience
How shame turns action into performance, and how belonging turns it back into life

This is not about perfection. It’s about persistence, meaning, and the practice of showing up, again and again.

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This video is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for therapy. This content does not establish a therapeutic relationship.

00:00 Introduction to Healing and Therapy
00:59 Understanding Committed Action
01:19 The Headache Analogy
03:01 Overcoming Social Anxiety
04:54 The Pathway Analogy
07:20 Small Steps and Tipping Points
09:15 Reflection and Integration
12:25 Belonging and Healing
15:18 Final Thoughts and Resources

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