Acceptance And Commitment Therapy, From Resistance And Control To Acceptance And Openness In Order To Act Better- Case Study Experiencing Panic Attacks With Dissociation Experience-

Abstract

 The current study aims to ascertain the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy - as a cognitive-behavioral treatment belonging to its third wave - in alleviating the symptoms of panic disorder and its comorbidity represented by dissociation disorder with its two main symptoms (depersonalization and derealization) of a young student at a central university. For this purpose, and for the clinical evaluation, we applied the network of self-observation of panic attacks * (GAAP), the scale of disassembly experiments, and the classic protocol for the treatment of acceptance and commitment. The results revealed a decrease in panic attacks and symptoms of depersonalization and reality in the case. Where the subject became less trapped by his thoughts and feelings, as he fully regained his studies and started riding the student bus even with symptoms of panic and detachment from reality, because this behavior allowed him to move towards his values (study, travel and friends).