Acceptance And Commitment Therapy
This action-oriented therapy focuses on accepting difficult internal experiences while continuing to move forward with life.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
These are images, words, or other mental activity that come to mind in response to a trigger.
What are automatic thoughts?
This concept refers to the part of the mind that holds unmet childhood needs, memories, feelings, and experiences.
What is the inner child?
This Japanese concept focuses on a sense of purpose, fulfillment, and devotion to activities one enjoys.
What is Ikigai?
This is the ability to generate new and original ideas, solutions, or works that have value.
What is creativity?
ACT aims to develop this ability to remain emotionally open while adapting thoughts and behaviors to align with values and goals.
What is psychological flexibility?
Negative automatic thoughts can contribute to mental health struggles such as depression and this condition.
What is anxiety?
According to the curriculum, a child's deepest needs include being seen, loved, and this.
What is being kept safe?
Ikigai consists of four overlapping spheres: what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and this.
What can you get paid for?
Painting, journaling, music, dance, and other creative activities can provide a safe outlet for this, helping people process difficult feelings.
What is emotional release/self-expression?
This ACT concept involves acknowledging and embracing thoughts and emotions rather than avoiding, denying, or trying to alter them.
What is acceptance?
Beck's cognitive triad describes three areas that can become negatively viewed: the self, experiences, and this.
What is the future?
When childhood needs aren't met, inner child wounds may manifest in adulthood as worthlessness, insecurity, judgment, shame, and this emotion.
What is guilt?
In relapse prevention, these are signs that suggest your mental health may be getting worse before major symptoms begin affecting your life.
What are early warning signs?
In the “Garden of Growth” analogy, the plants represent different areas of life, while the water represents resources such as time, energy, and this.
What is money?
In ACT, this skill involves creating distance from distressing thoughts and observing them without judgment rather than automatically reacting to them.
What is cognitive defusion?
Name the four steps of cognitive restructuring taught in the curriculum.
What are identifying the automatic thought, identifying the cognitive distortion, disputing the thought, and developing a more balanced thought?
Learned helplessness occurs when people develop expectations that their actions cannot influence this.
What are outcomes or their circumstances?
The three key components of self-management for preventing or reducing the impact of mental relapse are identifying early warning signs, taking action, and this.
What is seeking help when needed?
In the Garden of Growth activity, putting too many resources into one area while neglecting others can lead to burnout, missed opportunities, and this.
What is imbalance?
An ACT client identifies that family approval is not one of their personal values, but honesty and meaningful relationships are. They begin making decisions based on those principles rather than avoiding conflict. Which ACT concepts are they applying?
What are values and committed action?
A client says, “I failed one presentation, so I'm terrible at public speaking and I'll always fail.” They examine evidence for and against the thought and develop a more realistic explanation. What CBT skill are they using?
What is cognitive restructuring/reframing?
Seligman's learned helplessness research identified three major deficits. Name them.
What are motivational, cognitive, and emotional deficits?
A client notices poor sleep, increased irritability, withdrawing from exercise, and increased conflict with their partner. Instead of waiting for things to worsen, they recognize the pattern and use their coping plan. What relapse-prevention strategy are they demonstrating?
What is identifying early warning signs and taking action?
A client spends nearly all of their time working toward a career goal while neglecting relationships, hobbies, and self-care. Using the Garden of Growth analogy, what strategy could help them address this?
What is diversification—shifting or balancing their time, energy, and resources across different areas of life?