Theory Flashcards
Dropping anchor exercise acronym:
- A
- C
- E
- Acknowledgement your inner experience
- Come back into your body
- Engage with the world
“When emotional storms blow up, the first thing we need to do is ____ _____; Obviously that won’t make the storm go away, _______ don’t control the weather; but it will hold us steady until the storm passes.
drop anchor; anchors
Two main metaphors for dropping the struggle:
- Struggling with ________ metaphor
- T___ of w___ with a monster metaphor
- Quicksand
- Tug of War
Pushing the paper away metaphor:
- Everything in front of you is what you w___ in life
- The piece of paper is all your t______; F_______; and troubling e________ that you would like to get rid of
- Push the _____ away (culture says to)
- As we can’t, just lay it on your _____
- Want (values etc)
- thoughts, feelings, emotions,
- paper
- Lap
Connecting the DOTS for Creative Hopelessness:
- D_________
- O_________
- T__________ S________
- S__________
What have these ______ you?
- Distraction
- Opting Out
- Thinking Strategies
- Substances and other strategies
- Cost
Five Basic Questions for CH:
- What have you _____?
- How has it w______?
- What has it c_____?
- What’s s________ up?
- Are you ____ to something new?
- Tried
- Worked
- Cost
- Showing
- Open
The ACT Triflex:
Be Present:
- Contact with the _______ moment
- S___-as-Context
Open up
- ________
- ________
Do What Matters:
- C_______ A_____
- V______
- Present
- Self
- Defusion
- Acceptance
- Committed Action
- Values
What to do in the first session:
- Establish r________
- Take a h______
- Obtaining I_______ C_______
- Establish B_________ G_______
- Rapport
- History
- Informed Consent
- Behavioural Goals
Two Key Insights:
- Our thoughts and feelings are not the main problem, it’s getting ________ by them (fusion and avoidance) that creates our problems
- Our thoughts and feelings do not have to c_______ our b_______
- Hooked
- control our behaviour
8 Areas of History Taking: 1 The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ complaint 2 Initial V\_\_\_\_\_\_ assessment 3 Current L\_\_\_ context 4 Relevant \_\_\_\_ history 5 P\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ rigidity 6 mot\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ factors 7 p\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ flexibility 8 C\_\_\_\_\_\_ resources
1 Presenting 2 Values 3 Life 4 past 5 Psychological 6 Motivational 7 Psychological 8 Client
Inflexible Attention: (3 D’s)
1 Dis__________
2 Dis__________
3 Dis__________
Distracability
Disengagement
Disconnection
__________ ___________: The ongoing attempt to get rid of, avoid, or escape from unwanted private experiences such as thoughts, feelings, and memories.
Experiential Avoidance
(Hexaflex) Inflexible Attention is the opposite of ….
Contacting the present moment
(Hexaflex) Experiential Avoidance is the opposite of …
Acceptance
(Hexaflex) Defusion is the opposite of …
Fusion, reasons, judgements, and rules.
(Hexaflex) Fusion with Self-Concept is the opposite of …
Self-As-Context
(Hexaflex) Unworkable action is the opposite of …
Committed Action
(Hexaflex) Remoteness of values is the opposite of …
Values
Two types of delivered fusion:
1 A______ mode: State of fusion, automatically obey our thoughts and feelings, and do whatever our cognitions tell us to do.
2 A________ mode: State of fusion, we do whatever we can to avoid or get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings
Automatic mode; Avoidance mode
6 Broad Categories of Fusion: 1 Fusion with the P\_\_\_\_\_ 2 Fusion with the F\_\_\_\_\_\_ 3 Fusion with S\_\_\_-C\_\_\_\_\_\_ 4 Fusion with R\_\_\_\_\_\_ (I can't because I'm too ...) 5 Fusion with R\_\_\_\_\_ 6 Fusion with J\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
1 Past 2 Future 3 Self-Concept 4 Reasons 5 Rules 6 Judgements
“Is what you’re doing working to give you the sort of life you want in the long term?”
Is….
Workability
Two ways fusion shows up:
1 When our cognitions dominate our ________ actions in problematic ways
2 When our cognitions dominate our a________ in problematic ways
- Physical Actions
- Awareness
C________ F_________: Our cognitions dominate our behaviour (overt & covert) in a manner that is self-defeating or problematic
Cognitive Fusion
