References
ACT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or in the case of my writing, Training or Coaching. ACT is used as the word, not as A-C-T. The other way it is used in this context is as follows:
Accept your thoughts and feelings.
Choose the direction in which you want to take your live (values)
Take action or non-action, depending (commitment, willingness)
Mind
Humans live in an intensely verbal world. In lay language this is well recognized but the processes involved are not precisely described. For example, the verbal processes we are describing are often called “mental.” They are said to be deposited in our “minds.” Some behavioral scientists resist using such terms, and as a technical matter we agree. But there is nothing wrong with using such terms to refer to a set of verbal functions that can be technically analyzed, or to use these terms in therapy for clinical purposes. When we speak of “minds,” we are referring here to an individual’s repertoire of public and private verbal activities (using our technical definition of “verbal”): evaluating, categorizing, planning, reasoning, comparing, referring, and so on. Although we will use the noun form, the mind is not a thing. The “brain” is a thing, replete with white and grey matter, midbrain structures, and so on, but the mind is a repertoire not a place. “Minding” would be a more accurate, if cumbersome, description. via Stephen Hayes
Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT)
1. Lance M. McCracken, & Edmund Keogh (2009). Acceptance, mindfulness, and values-based action may counteract fear and avoidance of emotions in chronic pain: an analysis of anxiety sensitivity The Journal of Pain, 10 (4), 408-415
2. Asmundson, G. J., Wright, K. D., Norton, P. J., & Veloso, F. (2001). Anxiety sensitivity and other emotionality traits in predicting headache medication use in patients with recurring headaches: implications for abuse and dependency. Addictive Behaviors, 26(6), 827-840.
3. Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life — In Curious? Dr. Todd Kashdan offers a profound new message missing from so many books on happiness: the greatest opportunities for joy, purpose, and personal growth don’t, in fact, happen when we’re searching for happiness. They happen when we are mindful, when we explore what’s novel, and when we live in the moment and embrace uncertainty. Positive events last longer and we can extract more pleasure and meaning from them when we are open to new experiences and relish the unknown.
4. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Dr. Hayes explains complex ideas in a simple, easy-to-understand language. It also uses a number of metaphors to help explain problems that many of us respond to in our internal experiences, such as thoughts and emotions. These metaphors are also used to convey how people can view their internal experience in other ways so as to limit the extent to which they interfere with living a meaningful life. (from About.com)
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