Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) For Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for anxiety disorders is an innovative acceptance-based behavior therapy that focuses on decreasing the behavior regulatory function of anxiety and related cognitions, and has a strong focus on be-havior change that is consistent with client values (1). Therefore, this therapeutic method has two main objectives: (a) training acceptance of prob-lematic unhelpful thoughts and feelings that can-not and perhaps need not be controlled, and (b) commitment and action toward living a life due to chosen values. This indicates why ACT is about acceptance and it is about change at the same time. Applied to anxiety disorders, patients learn to end the struggle with their anxiety-related discomfort
Source: PubMed Central
Institutions: University of Tabriz, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W269951039