Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT (said as one word, not as individual letters), is based on functional contextualism. ACT is based on mindfulness and Relational Frame Theory (RFT). ACT differs from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in that ACT concedes that controlling our private events (thoughts, feelings and memories) is not possible. ACT focuses on what we can control: our arms, legs and mouth. ACT teaches us to "just notice", accept and embrace our private events, especially previously unwanted ones. ACT states that language itself can cause human suffering. The ACT algorithm is: Accep ...

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Mindfulness is the practice whereby a person is intentionally aware of his or her thoughts and actions in the present moment, non-judgmentally. Mindfulness is applied to both bodily actions and the mind's own thoughts and feelings. In Buddhism, the second kind of mindfulness is considered a prerequisite for developing insight and wisdom. Right Mindfulness is the seventh path from the Noble Eightfold Path, which i ...

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The simplest, but also fundamental, example of mindfulness is to mentally give a verbal label to each inbreath and outbreath during sitting meditation. So, each time one breathes in, one thinks (e.g.) "rising", and each time one breathes out, one thinks "falling". In this type of meditation, the breath serves as a tether that the practitioner uses to bring his or her awareness back to the present moment. By residing more frequently in the present moment, practitioners believe that they are less influenced by the endless stream o ...

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