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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy - Coggle Diagram
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
ACT Principle
Cognitive Fusion
thought always true
command has to obey
threat need to remove ASAP
happen now but is about past/future
critical (?) but need attention now
cannot let go even make life worse
Experiential avoidance
Strategy to avoid certain event
Goal: improve psychological flexibility
Core therapeutic process
Commited action
Value
Contact with present moment: being/focus on now
Self as context: aware of what we do/think/feel
Cognitive defusion: detach from though process & observe
Acceptance: open up for impleasant
Harris ACT approach to ACT overview with client
Intro: ACT in a nutshell: clipboard blocking view, hold on can't do other things
Explore experiential avoidance: push clipboard, tired
Intro acceptance, defusion & contacting the present: clipboard on lap, still there, but can move on
Ineffectiveness and costs of experiential avoidance
Link between mindfulness, value and committed action: meditate on breath/body
Hexaflexercise
observing self (self as context): life is like stage show
reflect on value: what value lead you here?
intro on commited action: here because you are commited for change
conduct mindfulness exercise
Intro process of acceptance
stage show metaphore
ACT Techniques
Highlight cost and ineffectiveness
Explore. Worked? Cost? Control is the problem, not issue
Explore: DOTS
Attempted solutions and long term effect
Metaphores
Struggling with quick sand, damage of trying to control
Tug of war: hard to do other things, drop rope
Man in a hole: unworkable of previous way
Thought suppression, not to thing a thing
Acceptance and delusion skill establishing
Mind is entity and thought is projection
Negative thoughts into silly song
Lemon lemon, negative words
Mindfulness techniques
Learn to observe thoughts, and accept emotions
Leaf on the stream: thoughts on leaves and flow away
Combo: Breath, expand, allow, objectify, normalize, show self compassion, expand awareness
Passenger on a the bus: driver can still drive with bad passengers
Walking thru swamp: climb mountain: accept and make room for bad feels
Struggle Switch: On-> MUST get rid of bad feels, Off (reduce dirty discomfort)
self as context / they are not their thought
Chessboard: as chessboard, observing self, step out of battle
Continuous You: Notice X, X cannot be you, X Changes
Sky and Weather Metaphor: You = Sky, Thought = Weather
Contact with Present
mindfulness, meditation, in & out session
Take 10 breaths
Mindful eating rasin
Value and direction
Bull’s Eye: clarify goals
Life compass: clarify goals 1-10
Imagine 80th birthday
Committed actions
FEAR vs. DARE