{"id":1701,"date":"2022-07-06T11:36:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8d.nl\/projecten\/betteract\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:27:10","slug":"betteract","status":"publish","type":"projecten","link":"https:\/\/8d.nl\/en\/projecten\/betteract\/","title":{"rendered":"BetterACT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Together with partners from Italy, Croatia, Romania and Ireland, we are working on a game that teaches youth workers the principles of Acceptence and Commitment Therapy (ACT). They can then use this knowledge within their work and transfer the ACT method to the young people with whom they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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De power of BetterACT<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy. It is a psychological intervention aimed at improving ‘psychological flexibility’. This kind of resilience ensures that people can stay calm and in touch with themselves, even when things are not going well or a situation is stressful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How do you convey theory to become more emotionally resilient in a modern, attractive way? Especially for youth workers and vulnerable young people, it quickly sounds like yet another, woolly form of therapy. The serious game BetterACT makes the theory and exercises more concrete, active and attractive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n \n<\/div>\n

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In collaboration with leading therapists who work with ACT therapy, the content and the game concept have been realized. The more the player learns about the fundamentals of ACT, the more beautiful the garden blossoms in the game. We were responsible for both the graphic design and the technical realization of the game. Special attention has been paid to the look and feel: calming colors, definitely no ‘clinical’ look and many round shapes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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