Tag: Defusion

Comparing ACT and CBT: Defusion vs. Restructuring

Comparing ACT and CBT: Defusion vs. Restructuring

Across the board of contemporary psychotherapy modalities, some iteration of defusion-like techniques have been incorporated successfully to yield behavioral change. But when it comes to cognitive behavioral therapy, defusion and… READ MORE

How to Not Invalidate Your Clients

How to Not Invalidate Your Clients

If you use any technique that involves helping clients untangle themselves from the stories they tell about their lives and struggles and realize that their thoughts are not absolute truths,… READ MORE

Understanding the Shortcomings of Words

Understanding the Shortcomings of Words

What does the word defusion mean? According to John Blackledge, PhD, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) researcher and author of Cognitive Defusion in Practice: A Clinician’s Guide to Assessing, Observing… READ MORE

Why ACT is so Well-Suited to Social Work

Why ACT is so Well-Suited to Social Work

Editor's note: The following was adapted from the edited volume, Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work, edited by Matthew S. Boone. Imagine a young mother suffering with chronic back pain… READ MORE

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