#defusion

Cognitive Defusion Worksheet

s Cognitive defusion exercises encourage you to slow down and observe your thoughts without immediate reaction. This cultivates mindfulness—a key component in managing stress, anxiety, and depression. Builds Psychological Flexibility Psychological flexibility is the ability to adap

Dulce DuBuque • Feb 9, 2026

cognitive defusion in practice a clinician s guid

ibutes to reductions in anxiety, depression, and experiential avoidance. Randomized controlled trials demonstrate that clients trained in defusion show increased psychological flexibility. Neuroimaging research suggests that defusion exercises modulate brain regions associated with cogniti

Adam Crona • Apr 9, 2026