ACT
A.C.T. stands for
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Define Defusion
What is objectively looking at your thoughts, memories and images instead of being caught up in thoughts
Define acceptance
"Opening yourself fully to experience, as it is, not as your mind is." Opening up
This is the part of us that objectively is observing thoughts and emotions
What is the observing self?
Another word for feelings
What is emotions
The three core components of ACT are
A: Accepting thoughts and feelings
C: Connect to your values
T: Take committed action
True or false, we can avoid suffering and painful experiences.
What is false
True or false, acceptance means you have to agree with the emotions or thoughts.
What is false? Acceptance is about making room for them, not liking or agreeing with it.
This is the ultimate goal and aim of ACT
What is to create a rich and meaningful life
Having more than one feeling at the same time
dialectics
The opposite of experiential avoidance
What is acceptance
Trying to get rid of a feeling, sensation, urge, feeling and/or memory
What is experiential avoidance
Awareness of what we are currently doing
What is present moment
How are values different from goals?
values are like a compass as they help us to make choices based on the directions we want our lives to go, and goals are small steps we take based on our values
Being able to tell people how you feel can help prevent
What is resentment
An image/shape that represents psychological flexibility
What is the Hexaflex
When someone becomes entangle with their thoughts and makes decisions or actions based on the internal experience
What is cognitive fusion
This increases when someone is engaging in experiential avoidance
What is suffering
This is taking effective action that is guided by our values.
What is committed action
Feeling bad for someone
What is sympathy
the six constructs of ACT
What is Acceptance, Defusion, Present Moment, Self-as-Context, Committed Action and Values
Name a defusion technique to help yourself defuse from a thought or experience
just noticing, put them out there, sing it out, silly voices, the news broadcaster
What is one technique that helps you be in the present moment?
Meditation, leaves on a stream, progressive muscle relaxation, being aware of your surroundings, grounding
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
Attempting to understand and recognition of what someone is feeling in the present moment without trying to change that emotion