ACT for PTSD: How to Apply Mindfulness
Booz Allen
Department of Veterans Affairs
Yale University
University of Nevada, Reno
Key Points
- Being in contact with the present moment is difficult to instruct verbally.
- There is an unlimited number of mindfulness exercises that can be designed.
- Mindfulness exercises can include watching thoughts go by or interacting with an item focusing on each of the 5 senses.
- Somatic exercises can be effective, although they may be triggering.
- Therapists should proceed carefully with exercises focused on bodily sensations.
