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A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Finally closes the gap between the research literature/theoretical writings and the day to day work of clinicians by presenting the material in a very practical, how-to-do manner that readers will find to be very clinically useful

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. An ACT Approach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. What Is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?

      • Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl, Kara Bunting, Michael Twohig, Kelly G. Wilson
      Pages 3-29
    3. An ACT Primer

      • Kirk D. Strosahl, Steven C. Hayes, Kelly G. Wilson, Elizabeth V. Gifford
      Pages 31-58
    4. ACT Case Formulation

      • Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl, Jayson Luoma, Alethea A. Smith, Kelly G. Wilson
      Pages 59-73
  3. ACT with Behavior Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. ACT with Affective Disorders

      • Robert D. Zettle
      Pages 77-102
    3. ACT with Anxiety Disorders

      • Susan M. Orsillo, Lizabeth Roemer, Jennifer Block-Lerner, Chad LeJeune, James D. Herbert
      Pages 103-132
    4. ACT with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

      • Alethea A. Varra, Victoria M. Follette
      Pages 133-152
    5. ACT for Substance Abuse and Dependence

      • Kelly G. Wilson, Michelle R. Byrd
      Pages 153-184
    6. ACT with the Seriously Mentally Ill

      • Patricia Bach
      Pages 185-208
    7. ACT with the Multi-Problem Patient

      • Kirk D. Strosahl
      Pages 209-245
  4. ACT with Special Populations, Settings, and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
    2. ACT with Children, Adolescents, and Their Parents

      • Amy R. Murrell, Lisa W. Coyne, Kelly G. Wilson
      Pages 249-273
    3. ACT for Stress

      • Frank W. Bond
      Pages 275-293
    4. ACT in Medical Settings

      • Patricia Robinson, Jennifer Gregg, Joanne Dahl, Tobias Lundgren
      Pages 295-314
    5. ACT with Chronic Pain Patients

      • Patricia Robinson, Rikard K. Wicksell, Gunnar L. Olsson
      Pages 315-345
    6. ACT in Group Format

      • Robyn D. Walser, Jacqueline Pistorello
      Pages 347-372
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 373-395

About this book

This book is the most practical clinical guide on Acceptance and Commit­ ment Therapy (ACT said as one word, not as initials) yet available. It is designed to show how the ACT model and techniques apply to various disorders, settings, and delivery options. The authors of these chapters are experts in applying ACT in these various areas, and it is intriguing how the same core principles of ACT are given a nip here and a tuck there to fit it to so many issues. The purpose of this book, in part, is to emboldened researchers and clinicians to begin to apply ACT wherever it seems to fit. The chapters in the book demonstrate that ACT may be a useful treat­ ment approach for a very wide range of clinical problems. Already there are controlled data in many of these areas, and soon that database will be much larger. The theory underlying ACT (Relational Frame Theory or "RFT"-and yes, here you say the initials) makes a powerful claim: psy­ chopathology is, to a significant degree, built into human language. Fur­ ther, it suggests ways to diminish destructive language-based functions and ways of augmenting helpful ones. To the extent that this model is cor­ rect, ACT should apply to a very wide variety of behavioral issues because of the centrality of language and cognition in human functioning.

Reviews

"ACT opened the door to more fascinating discoveries about human beings, language, and psychopathology in general. Within these discoveries also lie the treatment technologies comprising ACT that are competently presented in this book, A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. . .As the authors describe, this book is the first practical guide that highlights the ACT approach for numerous disorders and presents it in detail. . .The innovative conceptualization of psychopathology, presented in ACT, may appeal to practioners because it provides answers and alternatives to relapse and the difficulties some clients present with being unable to gain control of their symptoms. Practioners may also like the technology and the metaphors used in ACT. . .In each chapter presenting ACT for a different group of disorders, the authors skillfully present a formulation of the disorder based on the ACT principles and then describe the ACT approach for the specific disorder or group of disorders. . .  "

By Maria Karekla & Marianna Charilaou, PsycCRITIQUES, American Psychological Association, Volume 50, Number 52.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, USA

    Steven C. Hayes

  • Mountainview Consulting Group, Moxee, USA

    Kirk D. Strosahl

About the editors

Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. is Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of more than twenty books and more than 325 scientific articles, his career has focused on an analysis of the nature of human language and cognition and the application of this to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering. In 1992 he was listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as the 30th "highest impact" psychologist in the world during 1986-1990 based on the citation impact of his writings. Dr. Hayes has been President of Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, of the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology and of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy. He was the first Secretary-Treasurer of the American Psychological Society, which he helped form. He has received the Don F. Hake Award for Exemplary Contributions to Basic Behavioral Research and Its Applications from Division 25 of the American Psychological Association and was appointed by HHS Secretary Donna Shalala to a 5 year term on the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse in the NIH.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Editors: Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-23369-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-23367-3Published: 21 December 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3617-2Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-23369-7Published: 19 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 396

  • Topics: Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Psychology, general, Psychotherapy and Counseling

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eBook USD 139.00
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Softcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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