The concept of the unconscious is associated mainly with the psychodynamic approaches, as well as with research on latent processes in cognitive and social psychology. The aim of this article is to determine the status of this concept in Hayes’s relational frame theory (RFT) and in the interacting cognitive subsystems (ICS) theory by Teasdale and Barnard. These two theories serve as the theoretical basis for therapies that underscore aspects associated with acceptance and mindfulness. The mindfulness movement is an interesting phenomenon at the interface of science and spirituality. We believe that ICS and RFT are two different examples of how psychology can use the concept of the unconscious. ICS, adopting a cognitive model, relies on a computer metaphor of the unconscious. What it lacks is a conceptualization of the conflict of representations or needs. RFT, adopting a behavioral model, has a greater potential for explaining conflict.

无意识的概念主要与心理动力学方法以及认知和社会心理学中潜在过程的研究有关。本文的目的是确定此概念在海斯的关系框架理论（RFT）和Teasdale和Barnard的交互认知子系统（ICS）理论中的地位。这两种理论为强调与接受和正念相关的方面的疗法提供了理论基础。正念运动是科学与灵性交界处的一个有趣现象。我们认为ICS和RFT是心理学如何使用无意识概念的两个不同示例。ICS采用认知模型，依赖于无意识的计算机隐喻。它缺乏的是对表达或需求冲突的概念化。采用行为模型的RFT在解释冲突方面具有更大的潜力。