Full Description
From leading acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) practitioners, this experiential training workbook invites therapists to broaden and strengthen their ACT skills through deep engagement with ACT theory and techniques. Everyone from beginning therapists to seasoned ACT practitioners can enhance their work through self-practice/self-reflection (SP/SR), a cutting-edge, evidence-based training method. Through a systematic process, readers learn how to effectively apply ACT to a personal or professional challenge and reflect on the experience. Fifteen step-by-step modules are illustrated with vivid examples from the authors' own SP/SR journeys. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 17 reproducible worksheets. The companion website provides over 3 hours of guided audio practices to accompany the book, as well as printable copies of the worksheets.
See also Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change, by Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl, and Kelly G. Wilson.
Contents
I. The ACT SP/SR Approach
1. Introducing Experiencing ACT from the Inside Out
2. The Conceptual Framework
3. Guidance for Participants
4. Guidance for Facilitators
II. The ACT SP/SR Program
Section A: Facing the Challenge
Module 1. Identifying and Formulating a Challenging Problem
Module 2. ACT SP/SR Challenge Formulation
Module 3. The Psychological Flexibility Model
Module 4. The ACT Matrix
Section B: Centered
Module 5. Contacting the Present Moment
Module 6. Self-as-Context
Module 7. Flexible Perspective Taking
Section C: Open
Module 8. Defusion
Module 9. Acceptance
Section D: Engaged
Module 10. Values Authorship
Module 11. Commitment, Part I: Determining Goals and Barriers to Commitment
Module 12. Commitment, Part II: Cultivating Our Ability to Engage
Section E: Compassionate
Module 13. ACT and Compassion
Module 14. Compassion and Empathic Distress Fatigue
Module 15. Maintaining and Enhancing the Cultivation of Psychological Flexibility
Audio Downloads
1. Centering [Chapter 3] 6:11
2. Self-Practice with Acceptance [Module 3] 8:19
3. Self-Practice Contacting the Present Moment [Module 3] 6:31
4. Self-Practice with Self-as-Context [Module 3] 10:27
5. Self-Practice with Values Authorship [Module 3] 10:59
6. Self-Practice with Committed Action [Module 3] 7:54
7. Contacting Present-Moment Experience in ACT SP/SR [Module 5] 14:04
8. The Ocean of Being [Module 6] 22:00
9. Time Travel [Module 7] 11:28
10. Externalizing the Thought [Module 8] 8:06
11. Dropping the Rope: Letting Go of the Tug-of-War with Our Private Events [Module 9] 14:20
12. What Do I Want My Life to Stand For? [Module 10] 14:28
13. Exposure [Module 12] 21:32
14. Practicing MCA [Module 13] 15:00
15. Compassion Circulation [Module 14] 9:36
