What AI says about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) is an empirically based psychological intervention developed within a coherent theoretical framework that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility means contacting the present moment fully as a conscious human being and, based on the situation, changing or persisting in behavior in the service of chosen values. Grounded in Relational Frame Theory, ACT uses metaphor, paradox, and experiential exercises to help clients make healthy contact with thoughts, feelings, memories, and sensations, recontextualize them, clarify personal values, and commit to value-based change, with the site offering learning resources, publications, and a therapist finder.