Matrix Cards
Full 52 card deck 

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WHY Use Matrix Cards ?

Words can sometimes keep us stuck — a picture is worth a thousand words.
The 52 ACT Matrix Cards make Acceptance and Commitment Therapy visual, concrete, and engaging.
They help bypass intellectual resistance by offering a tangible support for exploration.
Each card contains a key ACT concept, evocative questions, and powerful metaphors that facilitate awareness and committed action.
Rather than explaining psychological flexibility, your clients experience it through the cards.

In summary, the cards:
✓ Help bypass intellectual resistance — the visual and tangible format engages clients differently than words
✓ Facilitate experiential exploration — metaphors and questions invite people to live the experience rather than just understand it
✓ Make ACT accessible — simple, image-based language suitable for all audiences
✓ Serve as reminders between sessions — clients can take a card with them as a concrete anchor of the work done
✓ Are versatile — usable in individual therapy, groups, training, and coaching


Ways to Use the Cards ?

There are many ways to use the cards — the examples below illustrate possible applications, but are far from exhaustive.

Individual sessions

Spread the cards out and invite your client to choose the one that speaks to them.
Use it as an entry point into their values, hooks, or stuck loops. Offer them a card to take home as a reminder.

Group sessions or workshops

Give each participant a card as an icebreaker.
Create a large matrix on the floor. Facilitate structured round-table discussions around each card’s questions.

Individual sessions

Lay out 5–6 selected cards (for example: Dirty Tricks, Hooks, Tension, Surf the Waves, Pause, Approach Actions).
Ask the client:
“If you had to choose the card that best represents your week, which would it be?”
This provides a quick, non-verbal entry point to open the session without the usual “How are you?”

Training

Teach ACT experientially. Use the cards for supervised role-plays or as an interactive review tool at the end of training.

Who is it for?

Mental health professionnals
• Psychologists and psychotherapists
• Social workers and frontline practitioners
• Guidance counsellors
• Mental health nurses
Other professionnals
• Certified professional coaches
• ACT trainers and supervisors
• Special education teachers
• Anyone engaged in personal development
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Benjamin Schoendorff

Founder of the Contextual Psychology Institute, he is a peer-recognized trainer by the ACBS (Association for Contextual Behavioral Science), the international ACT organization. He is a certified FAP trainer by Robert Kohlenberg and Mavis Tsai, founders of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, and a former member of the ACBS Training Committee.

He is also one of the 20 global experts (2023) in PBBT, Process-Based Behavioral Therapy developed by Yvonne Barnes-Holmes and Ciara McEnteggart. Benjamin is a pioneer of ACT in the French-speaking world and delivers trainings worldwide (more than 450 across five continents).

He is the author and co-author of several articles and book chapters on third-wave contextual therapies, including Faire face à la souffrance (Facing Suffering), Choosing Life Over Struggle with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2009, 2018), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Clinical Guide (2011), and The ACT Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Compassion (2014).

He presented his ACT and Matrix approach comprehensively in the treatment manual The ACT Matrix Guide (DeBoeck, 2017). His books have been translated into several languages, including German, Spanish, Italian, Korean, and Japanese.

He enjoys traveling, is passionate about geopolitics, and lives near Montreal with his son.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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