Relational frame theory, acceptance and commitment therapy, and a functional analytic definition of mindfulness

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Mechanisms of Mindfulness: A Buddhist Psychological Model (2011, background): “…the BPM. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy In acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), based on relational frame theory, mindfulness is defined in terms of four interrelated processes: acceptance, defusion (defined above), present moment awareness, and the observer self (Fletcher and Hayes 2005).”
Mindfulness: A Dialogue between Buddhism and Clinical Psychology (2010, methodology): “…more literally “not floating away” (Nyanaponika Thera 1986, p.44) and correspond roughly to the description of mindfulness within ACT as “accepting”, “open contact with the present moment”, “defused”, and “experientially distinct from the content being experienced” (Fletcher and Hayes 2005, p.322).”
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness (2012, methodology): “Decentering may not necessarily be unique to mindfulness, as it is described in other therapeutic contexts as the “observing self” (Deikman, 1982; Fletcher and Hayes, 2005), or “self-as-witness” (Damasio, 2010).”
Reconciling and Thematizing Definitions of Mindfulness: The Big Five of Mindfulness (2016, background): “Both Salzberg (2008) and Fletcher and Hayes (2005) speak of external factors in terms of objects that influence the internal mind—that is, the objects of seeing, hearing, olfaction, taste, and touch.”