6 Core Principles of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Cognitive defusion
Learning methods to reduce the tendency to actualize thoughts, images, emotions and memories.
Contact with the present moment
Awareness of the here and now, experienced with openness, interest and receptiveness (e.g., mindfulness).
Values
Discovering what is important to oneself.
Acceptance
Allowing unwanted private experiences (thoughts, feelings and urges) to come and go without struggling with them.
The observing self
Accessing a transcendent sense of self, a continuity of consciousness which is unchanging.
Committed action
Setting goals according to values and carrying them out responsibly in pursuit of a meaningful life.