When It Is Used
Use it for in-session centering, group practice, homework, or between-session coping practice when a client is caught up in thoughts and feelings.
Notice Five Things
Notice Five Things is an ACT present-moment mindfulness exercise for therapists, counselors, educators, and coaches. It helps a client reorient from being caught up in thoughts and feelings toward current visual, auditory, and body-contact sensations.
Try the guided practice with sample, non-identifying content, then review what a practitioner would see after completion.
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Tool guide
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Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Important Limitation
This tool is not a scored assessment, symptom scale, mood tracker, or generic grounding-technique selector.
Does Notice Five Things produce a score?
No. It produces completion and sequence information only, plus optional reflection or practitioner observation.
Can a client continue without typing answers?
Yes. The exercise is experiential, so blank responses are valid when text capture is available.
What can the practitioner configure?
The practitioner can configure delivery mode: live guidance, assigned individual practice, or group use.
Is this the same as a generic 5-4-3-2-1 grounding tool?
No. This tool is the specific ACT see, hear, and bodily-contact noticing practice described in the product specification.