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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is designed to help clients use mindfulness to deal with unpleasant situations through the use of acceptance, cognitive defusion/diffusion, contact with the present moment and the observing self. ACT changes the goal of therapy from removal of distress to acceptance of the good with the bad. This presentation briefly reviews the highlights of this evidence-based practice created by Stephen Hayes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices