57. The difference between healthy and unhealthy perfectionism

Michael P. Twohig, Ph.D. is the co-director of
the ACT Research Group, a licensed psychologist in the state of
Utah, and a Professor of Psychology at Utah State University.


In this episode, I chat with Michael about his research on
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on
perfectionism, we discuss in particular, one of the
papers published in his lab: A randomized controlled
trial of acceptance and commitment therapy for clinical
perfectionism (2019).


We chatted about the neurological screenings participants
completed, the challenging moments of participants being attached
to rules about how things are supposed to be, and how
distinguishing helpful versus unhelpful perfectionistic actions
is introduced in the study.


You will also hear Michael sharing one of his favorite metaphors
to facilitate behavioral flexibility.



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