History
Who was the founder of ACT Therapy?
True or False: Is ACT considered evidence-based treatment?
What does ACT stand for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
What did issues did the fonder suffer with which led him to create ACT?
Suffered with anxiety and panic attacks?
Name one of the Assessment/Monitoring Tool discussed in presentation
Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II
The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
ACT Core Competency Rating Form
ACT Vowels Assessment
Clinical Significance Tester
Flexibility and Alliance Session Tool
Getting to Know Your Mind
What does the ACT Model Life Matrix focus on?
Identify behaviors/thoughts/feelings
Accept your behaviors/thoughts/feelings (be open to what hurts)
Choose action (commit to a behavior)
What year was ACT created?
1986
ACT is delivered to clients in the following types of formats:
individual sessions, groups, workshops, coaching, family work, self-help books, online applications, and brief interventions.
What are the 4 Mechanisms in ACT?
Experiential Avoidance
Cognitive Function
Psychological Inflexibility
Suffering and the Assumption of Destructive Normality
What theory was ACT based on
RFT- Relational Frame Theory
What settings can ACT be conducted in?
hospitals, outpatient clinics, community-based agency/organization/providers, group or residential care, and school settings.
You are not your thought
Cognitive Fusion
ACT is considered the ____ wave of CBT
Third
Name one of the core processes of ACT
Acceptance
Cognitive Defusion
Contacting the Present Moment
Self as Context
Values
Committed Action
True or False: ACT will help you see that your thoughts may or may not be true and you have a choice of how much attention you pay to your thoughts
True