¿Aceptación o control mental? : terapias de aceptación y
"mindfulness" frente a las técnicas cognitivo-conductuales
para la eliminación de pensamientos instrusos
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Durante décadas los psicólogos clínicos han
desarrollado procedimientos para extinguir,
disminuir y/o cambiar los pensamientos intrusos
(por ejemplo, la parada de pensamiento, la
distracción o la reestructuración cognitiva). Sin
embargo, hoy en día estas técnicas han sido
cuestionadas tanto desde la investigación básica
(experimentos sobre supresión de pensamiento)
como desde el campo clínico aplicado. Como
alternativa, las terapias de conducta de tercera
generación proponen recurrir a los métodos
de aceptación y mindfulness ante la aparición
de este tipo de pensamientos. En el artículo
se presenta un resumen sobre las técnicas
cognitivo-conductuales tradicionales y se explica
la incorporación de la aceptación y mindfulness
en cuatro terapias de tercera generación. Las
evidencias empíricas de estos dos enfoques de
tratamiento se contraponen y se concluye que la
aceptación y el mindfulness están consiguiendo
unos resultados muy prometedores para el
tratamiento de los pensamientos intrusos; no
obstante, sigue siendo cierto que métodos
tradicionales, como la reestructuración o la
distracción focalizada, continúan mostrando su
utilidad en muchos casos.
For decades, clinicians have developed procedures in order to extinguish, dismiss or modify intrusive thoughts (e.g., thought stopping, distraction, or cognitive restructuring). However, nowadays these techniques have been questioned both in the basic research (thought suppression experiments) as well as in the clinical applied field. Alternatively, the thirdwave of behavioral therapy propose the employ of acceptance and mindfulness in the occurrence of such thoughts. This paper put forward an overview of the traditional cognitive-behavioral techniques and explains the integration of acceptance and mindfulness in four of the thirdgeneration therapies. Empirical evidence of these two treatment approaches are contrasted and we conclude that acceptance and mindfulness are obtaining very promising results for the treatment of intrusive thoughts; however, the fact remains that some traditional methods such as restructuring or focused distraction, continue to show their usefulness in many cases.
For decades, clinicians have developed procedures in order to extinguish, dismiss or modify intrusive thoughts (e.g., thought stopping, distraction, or cognitive restructuring). However, nowadays these techniques have been questioned both in the basic research (thought suppression experiments) as well as in the clinical applied field. Alternatively, the thirdwave of behavioral therapy propose the employ of acceptance and mindfulness in the occurrence of such thoughts. This paper put forward an overview of the traditional cognitive-behavioral techniques and explains the integration of acceptance and mindfulness in four of the thirdgeneration therapies. Empirical evidence of these two treatment approaches are contrasted and we conclude that acceptance and mindfulness are obtaining very promising results for the treatment of intrusive thoughts; however, the fact remains that some traditional methods such as restructuring or focused distraction, continue to show their usefulness in many cases.
Keywords
Pensamientos intrusos; Cogniciones; Supresión de pensamiento; Terapias
basadas en la aceptación y mindfulness; Control
mental; Parada de pensamiento; Reestructuración cognitiva; Intrusive thoughts; Cognitions; Thought suppression; Acceptance and
mindfulness-based therapies; Mental control; Thought stopping; Cognitive restructuring







