Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can help someone to identify and change disruptive or negative thoughts and behaviours. ACT, on the other hand, uses elements of CBT but incorporates acceptance and mindfulness techniques while also placing a focus on values. It encourages the person to accept all emotions — good, bad or indifferent — rather than try to fight or change them. ACT is unique from CBT in the way it views pain and suffering. ACT recognizes that life inevitably includes pain and suffering. Rather than challenging this, the focus is on accepting the pain that we cannot change and living a meaningful life regardless of the suffering that comes with it.