ACT Matrix | A Cognitive Behavioral Tool to Address Anxiety and Depression

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The ACT Matrix
What Every Counselor Should Know
with Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
Executive Director, AllCEUs
Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery

Objectives
Review the main points of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Review how to apply the ACT matrix
Identify the shortcut question
The Main Principles of ACT
The goals are to:
Create a rich and meaningful life, while accepting the pain that inevitably goes with it.
Transform your relationship with your difficult thoughts and feelings
Learn to perceive them as harmless, even if uncomfortable, transient psychological events.
Take effective action guided by your deepest values and in which you are fully present and engaged.

Six Core Principles of ACT
Values Awareness
Contact with the Present Moment
The Observing Self
Acceptance
Diffusion
Committed Action

Clarifying the Destination
Values & Goals
 A lack of clarity about values can underlie much of your distress or keep you “stuck.”
 You can get caught up spinning your wheels trying to fight against something or use that same energy to work toward something.
 What is the most effective use of your limited energy and time to help you achieve your goals

ACT Matrix: Destination Identification
Clarifying the Destination
Values & Goals
 Clarifying
 Relationships: Who is most important to you?
 Which people?
 What do you want those relationships to be like?
 What events, things, experiences are meaningful to you?
 Work
 Health
 Personal Growth

Mindfulness in the Present Moment
 Bringing full awareness to your here-and-now experience

Unhooking Thoughts and Behaviors
 Cognitive diffusion means:
 “Stepping back” and recognizing that thoughts are just temporary, automatic events
 Unhooking: Thoughts/feelings don’t always have to lead to action
Unhooking Activity
 Think of a behavior that you “automatically” do when you get stressed or angry.
 How can you take a pause to become mindful and make an informed, committed decision
(Hint: These will become TOWARD behaviors later)

Shortcut Question
Are my current thoughts, feelings and actions moving me closer to, or further away from my goals and values.
Summary
Every event is an opportunity to choose thoughts and behaviors that will help you use your energy to move toward your goals and values
Acceptance means accepting, without judgement, how you feel and the situation as it is instead of fighting against it.
Commitment and purposeful action mean that you choose to use your energy on thoughts and behaviors that move you closer to your goals

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