![]() Here's a sample of some popular ACT techniques: You’ll learn strategies and perspectives that fall into six primary processes: diffusion, acceptance, contact with the present moment, self-as-context, values, and committed action. It enlists many different techniques-not seeking to uncover some objective “truth,” but rather to identify what’s fundamentally helpful in your life. TechniquesĪCT examines the function of various behaviors (including speech and thought) relative to your personal goals. As a result, we need to learn how to accept inevitable difficulties, while continuing to live a meaningful life. This is true for experiences out in the world (e.g., trying not to be rejected by someone) as well as internal experiences (e.g., trying not to feel scared or sad). Yet, we get stuck in trying to avoid them. We're likely going to be rejected or criticized by someone. No matter how hard we try, we will-at times-feel sad or scared. Two, commitment is defined as action in the direction of what you care about even in the presence of obstacles.Īnd three, in this definition, action is supported when the obstacles that impede commitment are helped by acceptance, contacting the present moment, self-as-contact work and defusion.ACT proposes that painful experiences are inevitable in life. One, clarifying values helps the client move forward on important committed actions in their life. There are 3 key components in this video. A commitment means you make a behavior change according to your values and accept, defuse, stay aware of your core self and contact the present moment in order to support such behavioral change. And hopefully, you can see that these obstacles are addressed by the different components of the ACT hexagon most notably acceptance, defusion, self-as-context and contacting the present moment. These obstacles can be emotions or distracting cognitions or self-denigrating thoughts or mindlessness. You continue acting in the direction of what you care about even if there’s some kind of problem, issue or some kind of obstacle that gets in the way. ![]() ![]() You start to clarify or author for yourself these are the things that I care about and that is what motivates me to engage in these actions.Īnd finally, the definition says a commitment happens even in the presence of obstacles. Right there, we’re talking about values, what’s meaningful and purposeful in your life. We also say that a commitment is in the direction of what you care about. Action is necessary to show that you are making a commitment. And even if there is an obstacle coming up, you keep moving with your actions through that problem, over that problem, around or under that problem. When you’re committed to some kind of task, process or direction, you keep moving in that direction with your actions. We want to see some kind of behavior happen if you are committed to something. The word commitment is a noun but it’s the kind of noun that requires action. Let’s unpack that definition.Ī commitment is action. Because ACT comes from the behavior therapy tradition, ACT therapists with the collaboration of their client are going to encourage behavioral change to make the individual have opportunities to respond differently in their world perhaps to persist at chosen actions related to what’s vital and meaningful in your life or to alter how you typically respond in clinically relevant situations.Īnd the commitment is defined as action in the direction of what you care about even in the presence of obstacles. In ACT, committed action is behaving in the service of chosen values. Clarifying your own personal values is necessary but it is critical to have those values lead to behavioral change. That is an essential understanding for ACT therapists. In the last video where we discussed the lifetime achievement award as a way to work with clients for them to clarify their values, we ended by saying clarifying your values can help you move forward on important committed actions in your life. We have reviewed five of the six components so let’s turn to committed action now. There are six essential components to the ACT approach and they’re integrated together to help build psychological flexibility. The ACT Hexagon Model is traditionally used to introduce practitioners to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
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