Summary
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This practical, easy-to-use book introduces the theory and practice of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a key contextual third wave CBT approach. The book takes the reader through the therapeutic stages from start to end, showing how to use acceptance and mindfulness together with commitment and behaviour change strategies to improve mental health. This is a uniquely concise and clear introduction that does not require prior knowledge of the approach. It puts the emphasis on practical interventions and direct applicability in real practice; avoids jargon and complex language; is full of case examples to translate the theory into practice; includes key points and questions to test readers’ comprehension of the topics covered.
After reading this book, readers will be able to apply basic ACT interventions for common problems, and will know if they are interested in more in-depth training in ACT. This is a must-have overview of ACT for CBT trainees on graduate level courses in the UK and worldwide. It will also be of value to practitioners on ACT workshops and short courses, as preliminary or follow-up reading.
Reducing the Hold of Language
Reducing the Hold of Language
Key Concepts
- The human ability to use language is exceptionally powerful; however, it can bring with it a cost when the products of one's mind are taken too literally.
- Defusion processes are used in ACT to help clients respond in a different, more flexible way to their own cognitive content.
- The goal of defusion is not to reduce the distress associated with difficult thoughts, feelings and images, but to bring about behaviour that is more consistent with the client's values and the workability of such behaviour in his life.
Language is so automatic for verbally capable humans that often we don't even notice that the sometimes arbitrary and reflexive thoughts that go through our minds are just another example of ...
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