ACT

Question 1

Defusion

Answer 1

Fusion: berhaviour and attention are dominated by your thoughts, believing those are you reality. you are your thoughts and they are to be obeyed.

Defusion is seeing your thoughts as a response to reality, you are aware of your thoughts. They are either helpful or unhelpful, not he holy grail

Question 2

Goals

Answer 2

Increasing psychological flexibility to;\
- effectively deal with suffering
- Lead a meaningful like

Question 3

Method

Answer 3

Mindfulness and commitment to valued-driven action. Short exercises to make you aware and defuse

Question 4

Format

Answer 4

Experiental, brief mindfulness exercises. Methaphors

Question 5

Chessboard metaphor

Answer 5

In fusion, you’re constantly playing chess with positive on one side and negative on the other. The problem:
- there’s endless positive & negative thoughts so the game never ends
- positive players attract negative players: I’m a good friend, vs no you’re not you forgot her bday

Try to be the board

Question 6

Six elements

Answer 6

Acceptance

Contact with the present moment

Values

Committed action

Self as context

Defusion