Defusion: step back from your thoughts instead of wrestling them
Defusion helps you step back from unhelpful thoughts so they have less power over your emotions and actions. Instead of getting stuck inside your thoughts, you learn to notice them as mental events that come and go.
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What does the Defusion Mini Course cover?
What cognitive fusion is and when it becomes a problem, how language traps us in rigid thinking, what defusion means in ACT, simple techniques such as saying a thought out loud or singing it, and using defusion with anxiety.
Who is this Defusion Mini Course for?
Helpful if you:
🎣 Get hooked by the same unhelpful thoughts
💭 Treat your thoughts as facts
🪁 Want to loosen the grip your thinking has on you
For therapists:
Assign this course early in ACT so clients can practise defusion techniques between sessions. Their recurring thought and chosen technique give a concrete exercise to review and build on. Fully HIPAA and GDPR compliant.
Dr Harriet Mellotte
Clinical Psychologist & CBT Therapist, BABCP
“Offload is a fantastic resource for both clients and therapists. The world of CBT has been lacking an app which enables the sharing of CBT worksheets and homework tasks between clients and therapists, but Offload completely does this, making the service we offer more professional and the benefits to clients greater.”
Are you a therapist?
Assign this therapy tool and 200+ other interactive tools directly to your clients. Build personalised care plans, customise tools, and review client responses before sessions. HIPAA and GDPR compliant.
Explore Offload for therapistsReferences
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