Introduction
Mindfulness is awareness of the _________.
What is present-moment?
The opposite of acceptance is___________. And give an example of this.
What is experiential avoidance. Feeling scared of judgment so not going to a party.
What is the opposite of cognitive defusion?
What is cognitive fusion.
Describe one item in the room using at least 7 DIFFERENT descriptors.
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Name something you hear me repeat A LOT. Many terms and phrases will be accepted as long as they are something I say.
ACT stands for what?
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?
______ is the key to stopping suffering and to minimizing the destructive impact of unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
What is Acceptance?
_____ is an inescapable part of life.
What is pain?
What are three examples of mindfulness skills and practices?
Meditation, breathing, five senses, body scan
Name 3 coping skills that are NOT avoidance/distraction.
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___________ is a practice that encourages focusing on the breath to help be present moment oriented.
What is meditation?
Acceptance teaches us to ________ emotions versus ______ from them
What is experience or accept and runaway from or avoid
I have often used this example to describe how thoughts come and go. What do I compare our thoughts to?
What is a river
_____ is fear of the future, while ______ is living in the past.
What is anxiety and depression
ACT is related to CBT. What does CBT stand for?
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Psychological ________ is the opposite of psychological flexibility.
What is rigidity.
In the FEAR accronymn, each letter stands for a word describing what impede progress towards goals, correctly identify 3 of the four words the letters stand for.
What is F-Fusion, E-Excessive goals, A-Avoidance, R- Remoteness from values
The goal of cognitive defusion is to what?
What is "hold our thoughts lightly" or recognize them as "just thoughts?"
The observing self is what?
What is the "viewpoint from which we can observe thoughts and feeling s and a space in which those thoughts and feeling can move?"
Describe a metaphor I have used in group or that was shown on a video to explain concepts in ACT.
Beach ball, flowing river, passengers on a bus, unwanted guest
Name the six core processes of ACT
1) Acceptance 2) Cognitive De-fusion 3) Present-Moment Focus 4) Connecting with the Observing Self 5) Identifying Values 6) Committed Action
________ help us accept difficult emotions and move us towards our goals.
What are values
What does it mean to defuse from your thoughts, and provide an example.
What is notice the thoughts, and not assume them as truth. I notice I am experiencing fear and thinking others are judging me. I know this is a fear thought and is not true, this also impedes on my value system of having strong social connections.
driving and thinking of other things, thinking about other things when someone is talking etc.
Who is Dr. Steven Hayes