Thérapie d'acceptation et d'engagement (ACT) et Mindfulness, un modèle de flexibilité psychologique pour la douleur chronique

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness proceed from the third generation of cognitive and behavioral therapies (CBT). Although these therapies draw attention from the international researchers and clinicians and benefit of empirical support applied to the field of chronic pain, ACT and Mindfulness are still unknown in France and too few used to reduce patients chronic pain suffering. We will present, in this article, ACT's theoretical concepts, illustrated by clinical examples, but will also evoke recent data of literature and assessment tools validated for French chronic pain patients.