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6/14/13<br />

MINDFULNESS <br />

• Hayes et al (2006) describe this as, “on-­‐going <br />

non-­‐judgmental contact with psychological <strong>and</strong> <br />

environmental events as they occur.” <br />

• Mindfulness exercises are used to introduce this <br />

skill <strong>and</strong> aide the person in praccing <br />

acceptance of thoughts <strong>and</strong> feelings. <br />

• Values <br />

VALUES CLARIFICATION <br />

– “chosen qualies of purposeful acon that can <br />

never be obtained as an object but can be <br />

instanated moment by moment” (Hayes et al, <br />

2006) <br />

– values will serve as guides by which to live by <strong>and</strong> <br />

will lead the individual to core process number six; <br />

commi4ed ac5on. <br />

COMMITTED ACTION <br />

ACT AND OCD <br />

• ACT asks the individual to create more flexible <br />

<strong>and</strong> more abundant pa^erns of behavior in the <br />

service of chosen values. <br />

• The goal is to live according to one’s values <br />

rather than live in the service of reducing <br />

anxiety leading to a more meaningful existence. <br />

• Many symptoms <strong>and</strong> defining features of OCD <br />

appear to lend themselves to the use of ACT, <br />

specifically those aspects associated with <br />

emoonal contaminaon. <br />

• Thought-­‐acon fusion <br />

• Low distress tolerance <br />

• Perfeconism <br />

SUNDAY<br />

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