General
ACT acronym stands for?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Stepping Back From Our Thoughts and Seeing Them For What They Are
Defusion
Tug of War, Finger Trap, Struggle Switch, Wading through the Swamp, Quicksand, Bananagrams, Monsters on the Boat, Struggle Switch, Ping Pong Ball
What is Acceptance
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When we have lack of clarity around ________, our behaviors can become driven by fusion with unhelpful thoughts.
Values
Goal of ACT
To Help Us Live a Rich, Full, and Meaningful Life by Taking Effective Action Guided by Our Values, While Accepting the Pain That Life Inevitably Brings.
Taking Effective Action Guided by Our Values
Committed Action
Passenger on the Bus, Monsters on the Boat, Compass, North Star
What is Values
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Opposite of Behaving MindFULLY
Behaving Mindlessly, Autopilot, Disconnecting from Present
What Shape Represents Psychological Flexibility
Triangle or Hexaflex
Making Contact with the Present Moment
Mindfulness
Unhooking from Fishline, Hands as Thoughts, Leaves on a Stream, Internet Pop-up, Clouds, Cars on Highway, Audience Member in Movie Theater
What is Defusion
Common Synonym for Acceptance
Willingness, Opening up, Allowing, Inviting, Welcoming
Treating your thoughts and emotions as literal truths/commands
Fusion
Being able to have difficult feeling/thought, allow it to be there and not struggle with it [acceptance], see it for what it is/be present in life [defusion/mindfulness] and connect to things important to you [values] and go after them [committed action].
What is Psychological Flexibility
What We Want to Stand for in Life; How We Want to Behave; Representative of the Type of Person We Want to Be or the Qualities We Want to Develop
Values
Dropping Anchor, Observing Mind, Sky and the Weather, Pennies Game, Sushi Game
What is Mindfulness
Name a Defusion Practice
Naming the Story, Scrambling Words, Thanking the Mind, Silly Voice/Song, Changing Font/Color, Repetition Ultra Slow, "I'm Noticing the Thought That...", Cubby-Holing, Voice Changer App, Metaphor (Like Leaves on a Stream or Clouds in the Sky), Objectifying the Thought
Attempts to Push Away/Escape Internal Experiences
Avoidance [Experiential Avoidance]
Acronym to use when stuck doing Committed Action [hint antidote to F.E.A.R]
D.A.R.E = Defusion, Acceptance of Thoughts/Feelings, Realistic Goals, Embrace Values
Opposite of Resisting/Pushing Away Internal Experiences
Acceptance
Unwanted Guest, Train Station, Sail Boat, F.E.A.R vs. D.A.R.E
What is Committed Action
Two Parts of Mindfulness
Present Moment Awareness and Nonjudgemental Awareness
When practicing defusion if the goal is ________, we will remain stuck.
When practicing defusion if our goal is to feel better/get rid of the experience, we will remain stuck.