Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Quiz

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Values-based Action

• Focuses on taking action towards living a valued life, despite the presence of negative thoughts or emotions
• Helps individuals identify their core values and use them as a guide for making decisions and taking action
• Encourages values-based behaviors, even if they evoke anxiety or discomfort
• Goals: increase psychological flexibility, build valued life, and reduce avoidance behaviors

Cognitive Defusion

• Technique used to reduce the impact of negative thoughts and cognitions
• Aim is to change the way individuals relate to their thoughts, rather than changing the thoughts themselves
• Methods:
  • Labeling thoughts as "thoughts" rather than "facts"
  • Observing thoughts as fleeting, impermanent events
  • Practicing mindfulness and acceptance of thoughts
  • Using humor or irony to reduce thoughts' impact
• Goals: reduce cognitive fusion, increase psychological flexibility, and promote more adaptive behaviors

Acceptance

• Involves acknowledging and accepting difficult emotions, thoughts, and experiences in the present moment
• Focuses on reducing avoidance and resistance to unpleasant emotions, rather than trying to change or avoid them
• Encourages individuals to develop a sense of willingness to experience emotions, rather than trying to control or avoid them
• Goals: increase psychological flexibility, reduce emotional suffering, and promote more adaptive behaviors

Mindfulness

• Involves paying attention to the present moment, without judgment or attachment
• Focuses on cultivating awareness of thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations
• Techniques:
  • Focused attention on the breath or body sensations
  • Open monitoring of thoughts and emotions
  • Mindful movement and physical activity
• Goals: increase psychological flexibility, reduce stress and anxiety, and promote more adaptive behaviors

Psychological Flexibility

• Ability to adapt to changing situations, thoughts, and emotions
• Involves being open to new experiences, perspectives, and possibilities
• Characterized by:
  • Acceptance of difficult emotions and thoughts
  • Cognitive defusion and mindfulness
  • Values-based action and commitment
  • Self-awareness and self-acceptance
• Goals: increase psychological flexibility, reduce psychological suffering, and promote more adaptive behaviors

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Values-based Action

• Focuses on taking action towards living a valued life, despite negative thoughts or emotions
• Helps individuals identify their core values and use them as a guide for making decisions and taking action
• Encourages values-based behaviors, even if they evoke anxiety or discomfort
• Goals: increase psychological flexibility, build valued life, and reduce avoidance behaviors

Cognitive Defusion

• Reduces the impact of negative thoughts and cognitions by changing the way individuals relate to their thoughts
• Methods:
  • Labeling thoughts as "thoughts" rather than "facts"
  • Observing thoughts as fleeting, impermanent events
  • Practicing mindfulness and acceptance of thoughts
  • Using humor or irony to reduce thoughts' impact
• Goals: reduce cognitive fusion, increase psychological flexibility, and promote more adaptive behaviors

Acceptance

• Involves acknowledging and accepting difficult emotions, thoughts, and experiences in the present moment
• Focuses on reducing avoidance and resistance to unpleasant emotions, rather than trying to change or avoid them
• Encourages individuals to develop a sense of willingness to experience emotions, rather than trying to control or avoid them
• Goals: increase psychological flexibility, reduce emotional suffering, and promote more adaptive behaviors

Mindfulness

• Involves paying attention to the present moment, without judgment or attachment
• Focuses on cultivating awareness of thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations
• Techniques:
  • Focused attention on the breath or body sensations
  • Open monitoring of thoughts and emotions
  • Mindful movement and physical activity
• Goals: increase psychological flexibility, reduce stress and anxiety, and promote more adaptive behaviors

Psychological Flexibility

• Ability to adapt to changing situations, thoughts, and emotions
• Characterized by:
  • Acceptance of difficult emotions and thoughts
  • Cognitive defusion and mindfulness
  • Values-based action and commitment
  • Self-awareness and self-acceptance
• Goals: increase psychological flexibility, reduce psychological suffering, and promote more adaptive behaviors