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Acceptance and commitment therapy is a psychological intervention method belonging to the “third wave” of cognitive-behavioural therapies. This type of therapeutic approach has proven its efficiency in several mental disorders, from anxiety disorders all the way to psychoses. In the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, ACT has proved to be efficient especially due to the cognitive defusion techniques, but also due to approached based on the significance of language, since in ACT theory, language is an influencing factor of life experiences and behaviour.