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Metaphors

Submitted by Aidan Hart on February 26, 2006 - 12:56pm
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The purpose of this section is to allow members to share new ACT-relevant metaphors that have come out of their therapeutic or accademic work. If adding a metaphor (by adding a child page), please say something about it. For example, how it might be used or what ACT-relevant points it might be trying to make.

  • Becoming a Lawyer for your Family Traditions
  • Dropping Anchor (Opioid Substitution)
  • Emotions, the weather and 'We've got cows'
  • Fish in the Water
  • Flyfishing and getting hooked
  • Fusion/ Defusion: The Campfire Metaphor
  • Intro to metaphors in ACT
  • Life as a cycling race
  • Life direction metaphor
  • Life's a beach - struggling in the rip
  • Mailbox metaphor (some thoughts are like junk mail)
  • Room full of adhesive tape
  • Sandstorm metaphor to illustrate ACT processes
  • Steve's Battlefield Metaphor (excerpted from forum)
  • The Car with the Finicky Engine
  • The Jigsaw Piece Metaphor (acceptance, defusion)
  • The Magical Bank metaphor
  • The Pendulum Metaphor (willingness)
  • The Sh*t Metaphor
  • The Titanic metaphor
  • The mind as a GPS
  • Thought/Emotional Avoidance and Acceptance: Ball in a Pool
  • Thoughts as sales representatives
  • Trumps
  • Two Mountains Metaphor
  • Waiting for the wrong train
  • Your life as a movie
‹ Trying On a Value up Becoming a Lawyer for your Family Traditions ›
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