ACT
A.C.T. stands for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Define Defusion
Stepping back and separating from our thoughts, images, and memories
Define Acceptance
Opening up and making room for painful feelings, sensations, urges, and emotions
True or False: ACT believes we can be moved from being stuck to unstuck
True
What gets smaller every time it takes a bath?
Soap
What do the A, C, and T stand for in the acronym of actions to build emotional resilience?
Accepting thoughts and feelings
Connect to your values
Take committed action
True or False: We can avoid suffering and painful experiences.
False
True or false: Acceptance means you like the emotions or thoughts
False, acceptance is about making room for them, not liking or agreeing with them
What does the FEAR acronym stand for?
Fusion
Excessive Goals
Avoidance of Discomfort
Remoteness from Values
I'm not a blanket, yet I cover the ground; a crystal from heaven that doesn't make a sound. What am I?
Snowflake
The opposite of experiential avoidance
Acceptance
What is it called when you try to get rid of a feeling, sensation, urge, feeling, and/or memory.
Experiential avoidance
This consciously connects with and engages us with whatever is happening in the moment
Contacting the present moment
True or false: Values are different from goals.
True, values are a compass and help us make decisions while goals are desired outcomes. Goals have an ending, values do not
What has a head but no brain?
Lettuce
Name 2 reasons why mindfulness is important to recovery.
To experience unpleasant thoughts/feelings safely; to become aware of what you're avoiding; to become more connected to oneself, others and the world; to develop self-acceptance and self-compassion.
What is is called when someone becomes inseparable from their thoughts and are so caught up that they aren't even aware what they are thinking?
Cognitive fusion
Name the feeling, observe it like a curious scientist, rate it on a scale of 1 to 10, commit to allowing it, breathe into it, make room for it, give it a shape and color
What is the antidote for the acronym FEAR and what does it stand for?
DARE- Defusion, Acceptance, Realistic goals, embracing values
What word contains 26 letters but only has three syllables?
Alphabet
Name a technique to help yourself defuse from a thought or experience
Notice it, focused mindfulness, sing it out, silly voices, voice it, journal
What is a technique to help you be in the present moment?
Meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, being aware of your surroundings
I am easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?
A feather