When It Is Used
Use it when difficult thoughts are functioning as commands or truths and the practitioner wants the client to try a defusion approach.
Defusion Techniques Deck
Defusion Techniques Deck is an ACT technique selection and practice-support tool for practitioners and clients. It helps a practitioner choose one or more defusion techniques so a client can notice difficult thoughts as thoughts rather than literal commands or truths.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
The tool captures selected technique, target thought or thought pattern, practice reflection, practitioner observation, and descriptive practice status.
Limits
The tool does not interpret the truth or meaning of thoughts, score defusion, or recommend a clinically best technique.
Does the deck choose the best defusion technique automatically?
No. The practitioner chooses the technique and uses client experience and clinical judgment to decide what to repeat or adapt.
Can a card be used outside session?
Yes. The supported practice modes are live session practice and sent practice.
What happens if the client reports no distance from the thought?
The result records that descriptively. It does not mark the attempt as a clinical failure or generate an interpretation.