Learning to create mental distance from unhelpful thoughts is a useful skill to practice and cultivate. The technical term for this skill is cognitive defusion, a core clinical process of acceptance ...

One of the root causes of anxiety problems is how we treat our thoughts. I've written in previous articles about how treating thoughts as if they are dangerous is a major pitfall that can lead to ...

Nothing capsizes a diet like a late-night desire for a pile of cake. But a new method called “cognitive defusion” might help stave off that inevitable hankering for a sugar bomb. The hypothesis: By ...