Hayes S.C., Strosahl K.D., Wilson K.G. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

2nd edition. — The Guilford Press, 2012. — 409 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60918-962-4.Since the original publication of this seminal work, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has come into its as a widely practiced approach to helping people change. This book provides the definitive statement of ACT — from conceptual and empirical foundations to clinical techniques — written by its originators. ACT is based on the idea that psychological rigidity is the root cause of a wide range of clinical problems. The authors describe effective, innovative ways to cultivate psychological flexibility by detecting and targeting six key processes: defusion, acceptance, attention to the present moment, self-awareness, values, and committed action. Sample therapeutic exercises and patient-therapist dialogues are integrated throughout.Foundations and the Model
The Dilemma of Human Suffering.
The Foundations of ACT: Taking a Functional Contextual Approach.
Psychological Flexibility as a Unified Model of Human Functioning sample.
Functional Analysis and Approach to Intervention
Case Formulation: Listening with ACT Ears, Seeing with ACT Eyes.
The Therapeutic Relationship in ACT.
Creating a Context for Change: Mind versus Experience.
Core Clinical Processes
Present-Moment Awareness.
Dimensions of Self.
Defusion.
Acceptance.
Connecting with Values.
Committed Action.
Building a Progressive Scientific Approach
Contextual Behavioral Science and the Future of ACT.