Trauma-focused ACT (TFACT) is neither a protocol nor a treatment for one specific disorder, such as PTSD. It is a compassion-based, exposure-centered approach to doing ACT, which is:

(a) trauma- informed: drawing upon relevant fields, such as evolutionary science, polyvagal theory, attachment theory, and inhibitory learning theory; 

(b) trauma-aware: attuned to the possible role of trauma in a wide range of clinical issues; and 

(c) trauma-sensitive: alert to the risks of experiential work, especially mindfulness meditation.

TFACT has three interweaving strands that apply to all trauma-related issues: living in the present, healing the past, and building the future.