Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a New Way to Cope With Pain

Acceptance and commitment therapy - spreading the idea that a lot of happiness is about learning to live alongside painful emotions rather than getting rid of them. http://www.get.gg/act.htm ACT differs from CBT in that instead of challenging distressing thoughts by looking for evidence and coming up with a more rational response (CBT), in ACT, the thought is accepted as a thought, e.g. “I’m having the thought that this boat is going to sink”, and then defused using a variety of techniques, which may include mindfulness, metaphors and language.