Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Stress

Explanation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Techniques and Process and Its Link in Reducing Stress
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Explanation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Techniques (ACT) And Process And Its Link In Reducing Stress
Introduction and Background to the Research
Psychological stress is an uncomfortable emotion linked to physiology and behavior changes. Different age groups show significant variations in the levels of psychological dysfunction. Accepting oneself as a unique individual with positive or negative aspects can lead to psychological flexibility (Rossi et al., 2020). The ability to contact the present moment more fully as a conscious human being and change their behavior serves valued ends. ACT encourages people to adopt positive changes and live according to the laws of nature (Wang et al., 2020).
Numerous studies have demonstrated that ACT reduces psychological dysfunction across several chronic disease states, including anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (P.D.), social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) (Lai et al., 2020). Additionally, there has been much success using Western and Eastern medicine techniques like yoga or meditation, which are said anecdotally from practitioners who observed these patients before it became popularized through experiments on rats (Karim, 2020). Psychological stress can be defined by saying any unpleasant emotion, and inevitable biochemical reactions manifested physically throughout your body all at once.
Stress is an inevitable part of life caused by various factors, such as work, relationships, and financial concerns. While some stress is necessary for productivity and motivation, too much stress can be harmful, leading to physical and emotional problems (Xiang et al., 2020). The stress level among people increases due to an abrupt rise in COVID-19 cases and deceased due to the virus spread. Medical researchers explain that COVID-19 has raised the death and disease stress on themselves and their close ones, which need to be treated to assist them in living a peaceful life (Viswanathan et al., 2020). Therefore, it can be said that ACT is a type of psychotherapy that can help reduce stress. ACT is based on the idea that it is impossible to control all the events in our lives, but one can control how to respond to them.
Wang et al. (2020) stated that ACT is a "challenging and flexible approach to Treatment" that helps people learn how to accept their current situation, thoughts, and feelings without judging or insisting on changing them; commit to behaving in ways that will reduce their stress levels, and stay committed over time. Zheng (2020) added that ACT deals with problems arising from people's thoughts and feelings. These negative thoughts are called distressing Thoughts. ACT helps people identify and accept these troubling thoughts without getting stuck in them. The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the role of ACT in reducing stress among people due to COVID-19 spread and how this treatment is different from other psychological treatments. The six core processes and techniques of ACT are explained, and in the end, a critique o...