ACT Basics
This mindfulness-based therapy focuses on values and behavior, not symptom elimination.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
One of the main overall goal of ACT?
What is Psychological flexibility?
Name any one ACT core process.
What is Acceptance, Defusion, Present Moment, Self-as-Context, Values, Committed Action?
Being “stuck inside” a thought is called this.
What is Cognitive (thought) Defusion?
Values are directions, while these are destinations.
What are goals?
ACT has these two main goals.
Acceptance of internal experiences & committed action toward values
Psychological flexibility includes being present and doing _______ (a behavior).
What is choosing behavior that serves values?
This process involves opening up to emotions instead of fighting them.
What is Acceptance (or Expansion)?
The goal of defusion is NOT to feel better, but to reduce this.
What is influence thoughts on behavior?
True or False: Values must stay the same for life.
What is False?
ACT aims to create this kind of life, even while pain is present.
What is a rich, full, and meaningful life?
Being open, aware, attentive, and engaged in the present moment refers to this ability.
What is being in the present moment?
This process helps you see thoughts as thoughts, not facts.
What is Defusion?
Adding this phrase before a thought creates distance from it.
What is "i'm having the thought that..."
Values provide motivation, meaning, and this for action.
What is guidance?
True or False: In ACT, symptom reduction is the main goal.
What is false? (it’s a byproduct, not the goal)
Psychological flexibility allows us to either persist or change behavior based on this.
What is the situation and our values?
This process refers to the part of you that notices experiences without being harmed by them.
What is Observing Self / Self-as-Context?
Name one defusion technique you learned.
What is Clouds, Silly Voice, Movie Screen, Naming the Story, Zoom Out, Click the X, File Away?
______ answers this question: “What kind of person do I want to be?”
What are Values?
The ACT formula summarized in three steps: A, C, T.
What is Accept experiences, Connect with values, Take effective action?
ACT teaches that pain is unavoidable, but _______ increases suffering.
What is avoidance or struggling against internal experiences?
This process means taking repeated action aligned with values—even after setbacks.
What is Committed Action?
When should defusion be used?
What is when triggered, fixated on thoughts, or not present?
Give an example of turning a value into committed action.
Any realistic values-based behavior