Is the problem the thought, or your relationship to it?

Frank Bond and colleagues, on Hayes's model · Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the AAQ-II, Behavior Therapy 42 · 2011

B · Replicated, size uncertain

Psychological flexibility is defined as acting on values while unwanted thoughts and feelings are present, rather than acting to control them. The AAQ-II measures the inverse: experiential avoidance. The model is coherent and the scale is reliable; outcome trials of ACT show effects comparable to other established therapies rather than superior ones.

ProbeName a thought you have been arguing with. Write: I am having the thought that X. Then name the next action your values imply, and whether the thought stops it.

Source: Frank Bond and colleagues, on Hayes's model, Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the AAQ-II, Behavior Therapy 42 (2011)

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Is thinking about yourself helping, and how would you tell?

Is the problem the thought, or your relationship to it?

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