A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Steven C Hayes
This book is the most practical clinical guide on Acceptance and Commit ment Therapy (ACT said as one word, not as initials) yet available. 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."ACT opened the door to more fascinating discoveries about human beings, language, and psychopathology in generalWithin 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.
Hayes, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the founder and director of the behavior analysis program.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780387233673 |
| ISBN 10 | 0387233679 |
| Title | A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy |
| Author | Steven C Hayes |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Year published | 2004-12-21 |
| Number of pages | 396 |
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