Full Description
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) allows people with acquired brain injury to develop psychological flexibility, in order to lead a vital life, despite all the difficult thoughts, feelings and brain injury symptoms that are present.
Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Acquired Brain Injury brings together contributions from highly experienced clinicians, using innovative approaches in ACT for acquired brain injury, in the context of individuals, working with relatives, groups and multidisciplinary teams.
This book will be a valuable resource for clinical psychologists, clinical neuropsychologists, counselling psychologists, cognitive behaviour therapists, psychiatrists and counsellors working therapeutically with clients with acquired brain injury.
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
ACT resilience training in multiple sclerosis
Kenneth I. Pakenham and Ambra Mara Giovannetti
CHAPTER TWO
"Rather than be in a cage, be in a cocoon": A pilot yoga-
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group for people with Acquired Brain Injury
Mairéad Jones, Jenn Galvin and Marcia Ward
CHAPTER THREE
ACT with older adults after stroke
Ana Rita Silva, Paula Castilho and Sérgio A. Carvalho
CHAPTER FOUR
Relational approaches: ACT with female relatives of people with brain injury
Jo Johnson
CHAPTER FIVE
ACTing through the stroke journey: Acute, inpatient and community rehabilitation from
the perspective of a stroke survivor and two psychologists
Lucy Martin, Marcia Ward and Fiadhnait O' Keeffe
CHAPTER SIX
Creative interventions with ACT and severe brain injury
Richard Coates
CHAPTER SEVEN
Informing therapeutic practice after a traumatic brain injury: Values
identification and achievement during engagement in Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy
Diane Whiting, Grahame Simpson and Frank Deane
CHAPTER EIGHT
Life asks you questions: Presence as process in Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy for adults with aphasia
Fiona O'Neill
CHAPTER NINE
Applying the Relational Frame Theory account of the self to self-related issues
following a traumatic brain injury
Alison Stapleton, Richard Coates, Fergus Gracey and Louise McHugh
CHAPTER TEN
Evaluating a novel, online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention
for allied healthcare professionals in a neurorehabilitation setting
Karen Kinsella, Marcia Ward and Sharon Houghton
