ACT and Psychological Flexibility: Why It Matters, Examples, and Definitions

Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D.

MidAmerican Psychological Institute
Pickslyde Consulting

Key Points

  1. Increasing psychological flexibility is an aim of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
  2. The more psychologically flexible you are, the lower your scores will be on psychopathology and the higher your scores will be on quality of life.
  3. Finally, psychological flexibility is the capacity to contact the present moment while also being aware of thoughts and emotions without trying to change those private experiences or be adversely controlled by them. Depending upon the situation, the psychologically flexible individual might persist in or change behavior in the pursuit of chosen values.

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