This volume examines the role of mindfulness principles and practices in a range of well-established cognitive and behavioral treatment approaches. Leading scientist-practitioners describe how their respective modalities incorporate such nontraditional themes as mindfulness, acceptance, values, spirituality, being in relationship, focusing on the present moment, and emotional deepening. Coverage includes acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, integrative behavioral couple therapy, behavioral activation, and functional analytic psychotherapy. In every chapter, the authors describe their clinical methods and goals, articulate their theoretical models, and examine similarities to and differences from other approaches both inside and outside behavior therapy.
Assesses the effectiveness of mind-based intervention that use meditation techniques originating from yoga and Buddhist approaches such as MBSR (Mind-Based Stress Reduction), MBCT (Mind-Based Cognitive Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavior ...
This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that ...
The purpose of this workbook is to help you do just that. Your life is calling on you to make that choice, and the skills in this workbook can help you make it happen.
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This workbook uses techniques from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to offer a new treatment plan for depression that will help you live a productive life by accepting your feelings instead of fruitlessly trying to avoid them.
Kay's Story Kay, a thirty-nine-year-old single lesbian, has struggled with depression since she was a teenager. She had a long-term love-hate relationship with her mother, a very strong-willed woman who was deeply disappointed about ...
Eifert, G.H., McKay, M., & Forsyth, J.P. (2005). ACT on life, not on anger: The new acceptance and commitment therapy guide for problem anger. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications. Hayes, S.C. (with Smith, S.). (2005).
Building on the success of their book for professionals, leaders in the field of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) John Forsyth and Georg Eifert present this exciting and innovative ACT workbook to general readers.
With contributions by Steven C. Hayes, the founder of ACT, as well as other well-known authorities on ACT and positive psychology such as Robyn Walser, Kristin Neff, Dennis Tirch, Ian Stewart, Louise McHugh, Lance M. McCracken, Acacia Parks ...
This book reviews the research and philosophical foundations for using mindfulness, acceptance, and Buddhist psychology in couple and family therapy.