The Hexaflex: The ACT Hexagon Model

  The acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) model is characterized by giving relevance to the context of a situation. In fact, ACT focuses on the environment in which people’s cognitive activity occurs, somewhat reducing the importance that previous-generation therapies placed on content. One of the main goals of ACT is to develop psychological flexibility and encourage contact with the present in a conscious way. At a theoretical level, the purpose of the model is that verbal and cognitive functions are under a more exact and voluntary contextual regulation, in order to direct behavior towards values. According to this model, there…