ABSTRACT
In the context of an Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) training event, it would be an unusual thing to happen. The contextual change between the scenarios was about situation and geography, although it is helpful for an ACT practitioner to consider a broad definition of context. For example, context might encompass cultural, social, and interpersonal factors, as well as intrapersonal factors such as emotional and cognitive states, and the client’s development and learning history. Since the thought itself is hard to control, ACT would focus on helping the client change the context in which the thought is experienced. Imagine practitioners are attending an ACT training event. Practitioners are quietly sitting in the front row and listening attentively as the facilitator explains the relationship between ACT and other forms of cognitive behavioural therapy.
