Defusion: A Core Process in the ACT Hexagon Model

Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D.

MidAmerican Psychological Institute
Pickslyde Consulting

Key Points

  1. Defusion is defined as the process of creating non-literal contexts in which language can be seen as simply an active ongoing process that has a conditioning history and is present in the current moment.
  2. The ACT model attempts to undermine unhelpful language processes, aiming to change how people relate to what they are thinking.
  3. There are two components to language that we address with defusion: automaticity and power of language.

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