Since the original publication of this seminal work, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has come into its own as a widely practiced approach to helping people change. This book provides the definitive statement of ACT--from conceptual and empirical foundations to clinical techniques--written by its originators. ACT is based on the idea that psychological rigidity is a root cause of a wide range of clinical problems. The authors describe effective, innovative ways to cultivate psychological flexibility by detecting and targeting six key processes: defusion, acceptance, attention to the present moment, self-awareness, values, and committed action. Sample therapeutic exercises and patient-therapist dialogues are integrated throughout. New to This Edition *Reflects tremendous advances in ACT clinical applications, theory building, and research. *Psychological flexibility is now the central organizing focus. *Expanded coverage of mindfulness, the therapeutic relationship, relational learning, and case formulation. *Restructured to be more clinician friendly and accessible; focuses on the moment-by-moment process of therapy.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

Politics & Social Sciences

HAYES, STEVEN C.

Strosahl, Kirk D.

Wilson, Kelly G.

Social Sciences

The Guilford Press

ACT for Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide for Clinicians

This is the first book to present a roadmap for tailoring acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to the serious, complex challenges of anorexia nervosa (AN). Leading authorities describe interventions grounded in ACT core processes--Defusion, Acceptance, Attention to the Present Moment, Self-Awareness, Values, and Committed Action. Guidance is provided for conducting functional assessments with adolescents and adults and working toward individualized treatment goals, starting with weight restoration. The book also discusses ways to engage parents and other family members in treatment. It features therapist scripts, sample dialogues, case examples, and reproducible forms and handouts. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

Science & Math

Merwin, Rhonda M.

Zucker, Nancy L.

Behavioral Sciences

This is the first book to present a roadmap for tailoring acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to the serious, complex challenges of anorexia nervosa (AN). Leading authorities describe interventions grounded in ACT core processes--Defusion, Acceptance, Attention to the Present Moment, Self-Awareness, Values, and Committed Action. Guidance is provided for conducting functional assessments with adolescents and adults and working toward individualized treatment goals, starting with weight restoration. The book also discusses ways to engage parents and other family members in treatment. It features therapist scripts, sample dialogues, case examples, and reproducible forms and handouts. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

Troy DuFrene is a writer in the San Francisco Bay Area who specializes in psychology. He is coauthor of Coping with OCD; Mindfulness for Two; Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Eating Disorders ; and Mindfulness and Acceptance for Bulimia . Kelly G. Wilson, PhD, is professor of psychology at the University of Mississippi. He is a central figure in ACT, and was one of the authors of the landmark Acceptance and Commitment Therapy . Wilson is among the most sought-after ACT trainers. His popular experiential workshops touch thousands of clinicians and students each year. Find out more at www.onelifellc.com ."

Acceptance Commitment Substance Abuse: A Clinician's Guide to Using Practical Mindfulness and Acceptance-based Interventions for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

Medical Books

DuFrene, Troy

Psychology

New Harbinger Pubns Inc

The Wisdom to Know the Difference: An Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Substance Abuse

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Addiction & Recovery

New Harbinger Publications

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change

The prevailing view among therapists as well as clients is that a more vital life can be attained by overcoming negative thoughts and feelings. Yet despite efforts to achieve this goal, many individuals continue to suffer with behavior disorders, adjustment difficulties, and low life satisfaction. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique psychotherapeutic approach that addresses this issue by altering the very ground on which rational change strategies rest. Within a coherent theoretical and philosophical framework, ACT illuminates the ways clients understand and perpetuate their difficulties through language. The book shows how interventions based on metaphor, paradox, and experiential exercises can enable clients to break free of language traps and make contact with thoughts, feelings, memories, and physical sensations that have been feared and avoided. Detailed guidelines are presented for helping clients recontextualize and accept these private events, develop greater clarity about personal values, and commit to needed behavior change. Providing in one volume a scientifically sound theory of psychopathology and a practical treatment model, and illustrated by a wealth of clinical examples, this is an important resource for practitioners and students in the full range of behavioral health care fields.

Wilson PhD, Kelly G.

Hayes PhD, Steven C.

Strosahl PhD, Kirk D.

Mental Health

Professionals who work with patients and clients struggling with chronic pain will benefit from this values-based behavior change program for managing the effects of pain. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain addresses case formulation and clinical techniques for working with pain patients through a combination of practical instruction and a treatment scenario narrative that follows a patient through an ACT-based intervention. An invaluable resource for rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, physicians, nurses, and others.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain

Dahl, Joanne

Luciano, Carmen

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Context Press

Gemeinsam achtsam: Wie Therapeuten und Klienten von Achtsamkeit profitieren können. Ein Ansatz aus der Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie

Hogrefe AG

La Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso (ACT) pertenece a lo que ha dado en llamarse terapias de tercera generación que suponen una revisión de los planteamientos cognitivo-conductuales vigentes hasta no hace muchos años. La ACT asienta sus fundamentos teóricos en el contextualismo funcional y en la teoría del marco relacional, lo que implica un cambio radical en la consideración de los elementos del comportamiento humano, que ya no son analizados en su particular individualidad sino en cuanto elementos que forman parte del contexto en el que tiene lugar la propia conducta. En el ámbito de la práctica terapéutica, su aportación fundamental es la despatologización de la experiencia humana. Vivir no es una enfermedad, por dura que sea la realidad; lo verdaderamente patológico consiste en renunciar a las propias vivencias y experiencias vitales, la evitación vivencial. De este modo, la ACT se convierte en una invitación a la vida, a la realización personal a través de la propia trayectoria vital.Su objetivo terapéutico es el desarrollo de la flexibilidad psicológica a la que están enfocadas las distintas técnicas y herramientas recogidas en este manual. Los seguidores de distintos enfoques terapéuticos -Terapia Narrativa, Terapia Gestalt, Psicoterapia Analítica Funcional, PNL, Focusing, Mindfulness, Logoterapia, etc.- encontrarán en esta obra muchas técnicas y conceptos que les resultarán familiares. La ACT, sin embargo, es un enfoque diferente que puede enriquecer la práctica terapéutica de los profesionales de tendencias muy diversas. En el plano operativo, el presente manual aporta gran cantidad de materiales diagnósticos y de seguimiento de aplicabilidad inmediata y aborda, además, la situación vivencial del propio terapeuta en el transcurso de la terapia, sus dudas y temores. Proporciona una visión clara de la relación terapéutica mediante abundantes transcripciones de sesiones y aporta ejemplos concretos de motivación terapéutica mediante metáforas y demás técnicas propias de la ACT. Steven C. Hayes, PhD, es profesor de la Nevada Foundation en el departamento de psicología de la Universidad de Nevada. Su carrera se ha centrado en el análisis de la naturaleza del lenguaje humano y de la cognición así como en su aplicación para la comprensión y el alivio del sufrimiento humano.Kirk d. Strosahl, PhD, es médico de atención primaria en el Central Washington Family Medicine, en Yakima, Washington, donde está promoviendo el uso de la ACT en la práctica de la medicina general, especialmente en pacientes con escasos recursos o sin seguro médico.Kelly G. Wilson, PhD, es profesor adjunto de psicología en la Universidad de Mississippi, donde es también director del Center for Contextual Psychology y del Grupo para el Desarrollo del Tratamiento ACT.

Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso: Proceso y práctica del cambio consciente (Mindfulness)

Strosahl, Kirk

Psychology & Counseling

Desclée De Brouwer

La terapia de aceptación y compromiso (ACT) es una forma de psicoterapia experiencial conductual y cognitiva basada en la teoría del marco relacional del lenguaje y la condición humana. Se trata de una terapia novedosa que ha probado su efectividad en un amplio rango de trastornos psicológicos y cuyo elemento central es el

Terapia de aceptación y compromiso (ACT): Un tratamiento conductual orientado a los valores (Psicologia / Psychology) (Spanish Edition)

Luciano Soriano, M. Carmen

Ediciones Pirámide

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