ACT
Cognitive Defusion
Acceptance/Present Moment
Other Fun ACT
Feelings
100

A.C.T. stands for

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

100

Define Defusion 

What is remembering that thoughts are only thoughts instead of literal things?

100

Define acceptance

What is "Opening yourself fully to experience, as it is, not as your mind says it is."

100

This is the part of us that objectively is observing thoughts and emotions

What is the observing self?

100

A series of mental and physical changes in response to an internal or external event

What are feelings

200

The three goals of ACT

What is: Open Up

Get Present

Do what matters?

200

True or false, we can avoid suffering and painful experiences. 

What is false

200

True or false, acceptance means you like the emotions or thoughts. 

What is false? Acceptance is about making room for them, not liking or agreeing with it. 

200

This is the ultimate goal and aim of ACT

What is to create a rich and meaningful life?

200

An emotion connected to problems that could happen in the future

What is anxiety

300

The emotional control agenda

What is trying to get rid of painful thoughts and feelings?

300

Trying to get rid of a feeling, sensation, urge, feeling and/or memory

What is experiential avoidance

300

This increases our awareness of what we are currently doing

What is present moment awareness

300

How are values different from goals?

What is values are like a compass as they help us to make choices based on the directions we want our lives to go?

300

An emotion connected to protectiveness, justice, or fairness

What is anger

400

An image/shape that represents psychological flexibility 

What is the Hexaflex?

400

When someone becomes entangled with their thoughts and makes decisions or actions based on the internal experience

What is cognitive fusion

400

This increases when someone is engaging in experiential avoidance

What is suffering

400

This is taking effective action that is guided by our values. 

What is committed action?

400

true or false: some emotions must be fixed

What is false

500

the six constructs of ACT 

What are Acceptance, Defusion, Present Moment, Self-as-Context, Committed Action and Values?

500

Name a technique to help yourself defuse from a thought or experience

Ex: just noticing, put them out there, focused mindfulness, sing it out, silly voices, etc

500

What is one technique that helps you be in the present moment?

Ex. Meditation, leaves on a stream, progressive muscle relaxation, being aware of your surroundings

500

"This is the ability to be in the present moment with full awareness and openness to our experience, and to take action guided by our values."

What is psychological flexibility?

500

Practicing willingness could look like

What are: Letting go of the struggle, connecting to values, noticing the feeling in your body, grounding, connecting to values

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