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- Title
IL PROCESSO DI DEFUSIONE NELLA TERAPIA DELL'ACCETTAZIONE E DELL'IMPEGNO (ACT).
- Authors
Barcaccia, Barbara
- Abstract
Cognitive defusion is a fundamental process in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, whose effectiveness has been demonstrated by many outcome studies across a large number of psychiatric disorders. This procedure allows to achieve psychological distance from private experiences (e.g. thoughts and mental images). The aim of defusion is to modify how an individual relates to negative thoughts so as to promote psychological flexibility, and to broaden the repertoire of behavioural and emotional responses. Research data demonstrate its effectiveness in reducing the believability of dysfunctional thoughts, thus allowing patients to act in line with one's values as opposed to being governed by their dysfunctional beliefs. The conceptual framework of cognitive defusion is briefly presented, along with two exemplifications of typical defusion interventions and some indications for its correct implementation in psychotherapy.
- Publication
Cognitivismo Clinico, 2012, Vol 9, Issue 2, p151
- ISSN
1724-4927
- Publication type
Academic Journal