Mindfulness & Acceptance Approaches Flashcards
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In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), what does the term 'psychological flexibility' primarily refer to?
Answer: The capacity to contact the present moment fully and change or persist in behavior that serves valued ends
Psychological flexibility in ACT refers to the ability to contact the present moment fully and to change or persist in behavior when doing so serves one's values.
Which mindfulness practice involves intentionally observing thoughts without judgment, allowing them to pass like clouds in the sky?
Answer: Defusion
Defusion (cognitive defusion) is the ACT technique of observing thoughts as passing mental events rather than literal truths, often using metaphors like clouds or leaves on a stream.
A CBT client says 'I shouldn't be feeling anxious—it means something is wrong with me.' A mindfulness-informed therapist would MOST appropriately respond by:
Answer: Helping the client observe the anxiety with curiosity and non-judgment
Mindfulness-informed therapy teaches clients to observe emotional experiences with curiosity and non-judgment rather than evaluating or suppressing them.
The 'raisin exercise' used in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is designed to cultivate which quality?
Answer: Beginner's mind and present-moment sensory awareness
The raisin exercise cultivates 'beginner's mind' by having participants explore a raisin with all senses as if encountering it for the first time, building present-moment awareness.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) describes 'Wise Mind' as:
Answer: The integration of emotional mind and rational mind
Wise Mind in DBT is the integration of Emotional Mind and Reasonable Mind, representing intuitive wisdom that balances emotion and reason.
In mindfulness-based interventions, 'secondary suffering' refers to:
Answer: The additional suffering created by resisting or judging primary experience
Secondary suffering is the additional pain created when we resist, judge, or struggle against our primary experience, often expressed as 'pain about pain.'
Which statement BEST describes the role of values in ACT therapy?
Answer: Values are chosen directions that give meaning to committed action regardless of emotional state
In ACT, values are chosen life directions—like a compass heading—that guide committed action and give meaning independent of achieving specific outcomes or feeling a certain way.