Deck Two

Question 1

Mindfulness

Answer 1

…a set of psychological skills for effective living that involves paying attention with openness, curiosity, kindness, and flexibility.

Question 2

Five important details about mindfulness

Answer 2

1. Refers to a set of diverse skills
2. Refers to our attention processes (not thinking processes)
3. Involves intentional attunement to openness and curiosity
4. Involves the flexibility of attention
5. Includes an intentional quality of kindness

Question 3

Awaking connection to self-knowledge

in relation to mindfulness

Answer 3

Facilitates ways to learn more about how we feel, think, and react.

Question 4

Why ACT teaches mindfulness

Answer 4

Primarily to help people live by their values.

Question 5

Flexible Attention

Answer 5

The ability to freely shift attention from one thing to another as required by the demands of the situation.
* Broadening our focus to take in sights and sounds
* Narrowing our attention when imperiled
* Directing it inward to the world of thoughts, etc.
* Directing it outward to the world around us

Question 6

What Mindfulness isn’t

Answer 6

• Tied to any one religion (> 4K years old, predating Buddhism by >1,500 years!)
• positive thinking
• relaxation
• distration
• way to rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings

Question 7

Words to use in place of Mindfulnees

Answer 7

• unhooking
• making room for…
• engaging
• dropping anchor
• task-focused attention
• expansion

This list is not exhaustive.
Can add the word “skills” afterwards to address using them as techniques.

Question 8

Bottom line about mindfulness

Answer 8

We need to link ACT’s four specific mindfulness skills to clients’ specific issues & goals for therapy.