ACT Patient Assessment & Evaluation 2

Question 1

Which ACT-specific assessment tool measures a client's degree of psychological flexibility across six core processes?

Accepted Answer

Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II)

Answer

The AAQ-II is the primary validated measure of psychological flexibility and experiential avoidance used in ACT assessment.

Question 2

During initial ACT assessment, a therapist asks a client to describe what their life would look like if their struggles were resolved. This technique primarily assesses which area?

Accepted Answer

Values clarification and life direction

Answer

Asking clients to describe a preferred future life directly elicits values and the life directions that matter most to them.

Question 3

A client scores high on the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ). What does this indicate about their psychological functioning?

Accepted Answer

They are highly entangled with their thoughts and treat them as literal truths

Answer

High CFQ scores indicate cognitive fusion, meaning the client is dominated by their thoughts rather than observing them with distance.

Question 4

When assessing experiential avoidance in a new ACT client, which client statement most directly signals this pattern?

Accepted Answer

'I keep myself busy so I don't have to think about the accident.'

Answer

Deliberate distraction to avoid processing an experience is a hallmark behavioral marker of experiential avoidance.

Question 5

In ACT assessment, 'creative hopelessness' is introduced to help the client recognize which pattern?

Accepted Answer

That control-based strategies have not resolved their suffering

Answer

Creative hopelessness helps clients see that their change-control agenda has been ineffective, opening space for an acceptance-based approach.

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ACT Patient Assessment & Evaluation 2