Cognitive Defusion is an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) technique that helps you alter your relationship to unhelpful thoughts, seeing thoughts as passing mental events rather than literal facts or commands.
When we are "fused" with a thought, we treat it as an objective reality. Defusion techniques (such as silently prefacing a thought with "I am having the thought that...") create psychological distance so the thought loses its emotional grip:
“I'm going to fail and lose everything.”
Camic helps you practice defusion techniques in real time, guiding you to catch racing thoughts, unhook from spiraling narratives, and re-anchor in the present moment.
Hayes, S.C., Strosahl, K.D., & Wilson, K.G. (1999/2012). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change. New York: Guilford Press.
