Psychological Flexibility is a mental skill set comprised of six processes that ultimately form the Voltron of us being able to turn toward our pain and suffering, to accept thoughts as a process occurring in the moment, while acting in accordance with our values.

“I was clinging to the ‘prize’ of an anxiety-free life, or at least one with far, far lower levels of anxiety. It seemed reasonable to do so. Who in their right mind would give up on such a thing? Wouldn’t that mean giving up on the possibility of a healthy life? Instead, life the monkeys in the banana trap, I hooted and hollered and struggled and fought, but all to no avail ... it was only when I abandoned the attempt to control anxiety that I began discovering how to heal.” – Steven Hayes “A Liberated Mind”