An overview of the ACT modules
| Title and description ACT strategies | |
| Module 1: Introduction | A brief introduction to ACT |
| Module 2: Identifying how informal caregivers currently deal with unpleasant thoughts and feelings | Introduction: Creative hopelessness Stop fighting unpleasant thoughts and feelings |
| Module 3: Acknowledging the potential struggles of caregivers with their negative emotions | Core 1: Acceptance Making room for accepting unpleasant feelings |
| Module 4: Individuals might tend to take their thoughts seriously and fused with them, as if their thoughts are truths | Core 2: Diffusion Distance yourself from difficult thoughts |
| Module 5: Individuals might have a tendency to define their self-image based on who they are but also who they should or would like to be and this attitude might be stressful | Core 3: Self as context Creating room for individuals to be themselves and be flexible with their self-image |
| Module 6: Focusing too much on the past (‘if only I had…’) or the future (‘what if…’) might not always be helpful | Core 4: Here and now Paying sufficient attention to the present moment which is the only moment when we can actually live, act and experience |
| Module 7: Acknowledging things that really matter in one’s own life | Core 5: Values Actively asking/practicing whether values are sufficiently present in individuals’ life |
| Module 8: Defining concrete and feasible actions towards values facilitates individuals to live a more meaningful life | Core 6: Committed action Actively investing in values and translating them into value-based actions |
| Module 9: Resilience allows you to deal with your problems in a more flexible way and to fill your life in a way that is valuable to you | Conclusion: Psychological flexibility practising six core skills together to gain psychological flexibility and personal resilience |
ACT, acceptance and commitment therapy.