Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Contemporary Theory, Research and Practice

Edited by

J.T. Blackledge, Joseph Ciarrochi, & Frank Deane           

This important new work showcases the very latest in the theory, research and practice of ACT across a range of clinical applications, including eating disorders, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, PTSD and substance abuse, with contributions from leading ACT practitioners including co-founders Kirk Strosahl, Kelly Wilson and Rob Zettle. Chapters range from detailed treatments of the scientific and theoretical aspects of the ACT model and research program, to several fully applied and detailed discussions of how to apply ACT to a variety of human problems. Divided into two parts, the first section features theoretical treatments of ACT, with the second (and larger) section presenting extended descriptions of how to apply ACT in different contexts.

The rich content mix reflects the strengths of the contextual behavioral science (CBS) research program espoused by Michael Levin and Steven Hayes from the University of Nevada. In the end, ACT is an applied treatment model, and as such, it lives and dies by its ability to effectively benefit a wide variety of clients. But from a CBS approach, it is not sufficient to have a treatment modality that has simply been assessed to be effective. In order to make the treatment increasingly effective and to maximize understanding about precisely how the treatment works, its tenets must be theoretically coherent, firmly based on empirically tried and true principles, and must have its active psychological processes clearly identified and sufficiently assessed. This book clearly demonstrates such a mix of full application, an appreciation of basic-applied research linkage, clear and behaviorally-consistent conceptualization of specific problem areas, and coherent explication of the ACT model. In other words, this book will not only tell you what to do with clients struggling with various problems, it will also tell you how those things work.

Table of Contents

Preface

The ACT framework
Chapter 1. ACT, RFT, and Contextual Behavioral Science
Levin and Hayes

Chapter 2.  Core Processes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Blackledge and Barnes-Holmes

Chapter 3. Teaching ACT: To Whom, Why, and HowTeaching ACT
Strosahl and Robinson

Applying ACT

Chapter 4. Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders: An ACT Perspective
Merwin and Wilson

Chapter 5. ACT & Health Conditions  
 Dahl

Chapter 6. ACT with Depression:  The Role of Forgiving
Zettle, Barner, & Gird

Chapter 7. Brief Group ACT for Anxiety
Glaser, Blackledge, Shepherd, & Deane

Chapter 8. Self-destructive Behaviour, ACT and Functional Analysis
 Lundgren

Chapter 9. Acceptance and Commitment Training for Work Stress and Burnout in Mental Health Direct Care Providers
Bethay, Wilson, and Moyer

Chapter 10.Promoting Social Intelligence using the Experiential Role-play Method
Bilich and Ciarrochi

Chapter 11: ACT with Schizophrenia
McLeod

Chapter 12: Beyond the Fragmented Self: Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Psychodynamic Approaches in the treatment of borderline personality
Bailey, Mooney-Reh, Parker, Temelkovski

Chapter 13: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use Disorders
Batten, DeViva, Santanello, Morris,Benson, and Mann

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    RRP $59.95
    ISBN: 9781921513145
    AAP Item Number: 4-921513145
    320 pages softcover with Index
    First published 2009

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