Chapter 1: Hexaflex and Triflex

Question 1

Hexaflex core processes

Answer 1

Contact with the Present Moment (be here now)
Self-as-Context (the noticing self)
Defusion (watch your thinking)
Acceptance (open up)
Values (know what matters)
Committed Action (do what it takes)

Question 2

Contact with the Present Moment

Answer 2

• “be here now”
• attend to physical world and/or psychological world
• engaging fully in experience
• flexibly paying attention to the present moment
• narrow/broaden/shift/sustain focus

Question 3

Defusion (how to refer to it with clients, and what it means)

Answer 3

“watch your thinking”
step back (detach) from thoughts/images/memories
observe your thinking

Question 4

Acceptance

Answer 4

• opening up to what’s happening within
• make room for unwanted mental experiences
• let them flow through if/when it helps us act effectively and improve our lives

Question 5

Self-as-Context (definition and client-friendly names)

Answer 5

“the noticing self”
the part of you that notices (as opposed to the part of you that thinks)
for clients: noticing self, observing self, the part of you that notices

Question 6

Values

Answer 6

“know what matters”
how we want to behave on an ongoing basis
they give us direction and guide life’s journey

Question 7

Committed Action

Answer 7

“do what it takes” / “put your values into action”
taking effective action that’s guided by values
physical action (what we do with our body)
psychological action (what we do with our inner world)

Question 8

Psychological Flexibility - what does it mean?

Answer 8

fully conscious and open to experiences

Question 9

What are the benefits of psychological flexibility?

Answer 9

• experience a sense of vitality
• develop a sense of meaning and purpose
• improves quality of life

Question 10

What are the three parts of the Triflex?

Answer 10

Be Present
Open Up
Do What Matters

Question 11

Triflex: Be Present (description and core processes)

Answer 11

flexible attention in the here-and-now

self-as-context (noticing self)
contacting the present moment

Question 12

Triflex: Open Up (description and core processes)

Answer 12

separating from thoughts/feelings, seeing them for what they are, making room for them, letting them come and go

defusion
acceptance

Question 13

Hexaflex core processes

Answer 13

Contact with the Present Moment (be here now)
Defusion (watch your thinking)
Acceptance (open up)
Self-as-Context (the noticing self)
Values (know what matters)
Committed Action (do what it takes)