According to Steven Hayes' acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) approach, which of the following should clients do about self-defeating thoughts and emotions?
A) They should transform bad thoughts and feelings into good ones.
B) They should confront bad thoughts and feelings, not avoid them.
C) They should embrace and defuse them using respectful attention.
D) They should analyze them from some distance and dispute them.

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ACT encourages clients to accept their thoughts and emotions, including self-defeating ones, and to defuse them by observing them with respectful attention, rather than trying to change or dispute them.

According to Steven Hayes' Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Approach