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 and over 3 hours of audio exercises. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download the audio exercises as well as printable copies of the worksheets.
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« A major contribution to all psychotherapists interested in developping their ACT knowledge, practice and skills. Easy to read, easy to use, the self-practice/self-reflection format guides the reader in a very interesting journey into oneself inviting each of us to exploring one’s own psyche with the iconic ACT tools, such as the hexaflex and the matrix to mention a few. The authors invite the novice or seasonned therapists to a powerful pilgrimage into the roots of their motivation to cultivate compassion and to share their precious discoveries with their clients and vice versa. Read it, walk the walk, joyful and inspired you will be as Chaucer’s Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury ! Last but not the least, you will also be moved by the sincere and touching confessions of the five co-authors. »
Dr Francis Gheysen, Psychiatrist, Caen, France
James Gordon –
As an emerging student of ACT, this book has proven to be an invaluable resource not just as a part of my professional development, but as a part of my own personal journey. My thanks to the authors for this contribution to the literature, and for their ability to help me strive towards living my valued life.