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Interest in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is expanding rapidly. Many of those who are interested in ACT are trained using a mechanistic cognitive behavioural therapy model (or 'MCBT'). Utilizing both ACT and MCBT together can be difficult, because the approaches make different philosophical assumptions and have different theoretical models. The core purpose of this book is to help provide a bridge between ACT and MCBT. The emphasis of this book will be applied psychology, but it will also have important theoretical implications. This book will highlight where ACT and MCBT differ in their predictions, and will suggest directions for future research. It will be grounded in current research and will make clear to the reader what is known and what has yet to be tested.The authors acknowledge that practitioners often have little interest in extended discussions of philosophy and theory. Thus, their discussion of functional contextualism and RFT is grounded clearly in clinical practice. They talk about what functional contextualism means for the practitioner in the room, with a particular client. They describe how RFT can help the practitioner to understand the barriers to effective client action.
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Building Bridges And Improving Therapy
1 Dec 2008
Format:Paperback
Just wanted to give a big thumbs up to "A CBT Practitioner's Guide To ACT" by Joe Ciarrochi and Ann Bailey. They have done a superb job of building bridges between ACT and CBT, honoring and appreciating both models, and looking openly and honestly at areas of overlap and areas of differences, without judging either one as "better" or "superior" to the other. They also show how you can use ACT techniques to enhance your CBT while staying within that model, or, if you choose to move from the CBT model to the ACT model, how you can bring most of CBT with you, (provided you tweak certain parts of it, and make the philosophical shift from mechanism to contextualism). Of particular interest to me was the section on differences and similarities in exposure, as done in each model. Another really fascinating section of the book looks at where RFT would predict cognitive challenging to be effective, and where RFT predicts it would be ineffective. Also some great stuff in here tying ACT with emotional intelligence, and some truly excellent handouts and worksheets for clients. And as if all that wans't enough, there are stacks of new metaphors and techniques and worksheets, and plenty of humor and funny cartoons thrown in. Also some very accessible writing about RFT, which is a huge achievement in and of itself. I went to bed at 11pm last night intending to read the opening chapter, and found myself still reading away at 3 am. I'm knackered, but it was well worth it. An absolutely essential read for anyone with one foot in each camp, or for those eager to learn more about similarities and differences between these two powerful and effective models.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Providing new skills and techniques for improving people's lives
2 Feb 2009
Format:Paperback
Most clinicians and researchers writing books underestimate the scope of their audience. Reading the title of this book, you would think it's only relevant to you if you are a practitioner or if you are unsure whether mindfulness and acceptance based treatments are going to improve the welfare of your clients. Ignore the title of this book. If you are in any helping profession, this book is going to be useful for you. If you want to improve your own life, this book is going to be far more useful than the vast majority of self-help books on the market. If you are looking to help a friend, family member, or romantic partner, this book offers insights for how to intervene. If you are a scientist and want to better understand the notions of mindfulness, acceptance, and living in a way aligned with important values, this book is going to open up new insights. Once again, ignore the title of this book and just start reading.
This book provides one of the clearest, succinct explanations of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). More importantly, every chapter is filled with ready-to-use exercises with clients. This includes descriptions of how to explain these exercises and hand-outs that you can give to people. After any chapter, you will be ready to infuse your clinical work with new strategies and techniques. If you are interested in the larger picture of what it means to be a therapist with an orientation toward acceptance and mindfulness, then this book offers answers.
One of the criticisms of modern books that focus on mindfulness is that it has all been said before (see any entry on Buddhism). This criticism cannot be levied against this book. There are original ideas, original exercises, and an original commentary of the shared space between cognitive-behavioral treatments and mindfulness based treatments.
Here you can find the art and science of how to create a life that is more invigorating and meaningful. It should be on the shelves of every practitioner and every person trying to add additional layers of meaning to their own lives.
This book provides one of the clearest, succinct explanations of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). More importantly, every chapter is filled with ready-to-use exercises with clients. This includes descriptions of how to explain these exercises and hand-outs that you can give to people. After any chapter, you will be ready to infuse your clinical work with new strategies and techniques. If you are interested in the larger picture of what it means to be a therapist with an orientation toward acceptance and mindfulness, then this book offers answers.
One of the criticisms of modern books that focus on mindfulness is that it has all been said before (see any entry on Buddhism). This criticism cannot be levied against this book. There are original ideas, original exercises, and an original commentary of the shared space between cognitive-behavioral treatments and mindfulness based treatments.
Here you can find the art and science of how to create a life that is more invigorating and meaningful. It should be on the shelves of every practitioner and every person trying to add additional layers of meaning to their own lives.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A must read for all practitioners and teachers!
5 July 2009
Format:Paperback
A CBT Practitioner's Guide to ACT is an incredibly valuable book that is written in a very easily digestible and useful format for clinicians and teachers. The authors have structured this book in such a way that you don't have to finish reading every chapter before being able to implement their techniques and exercises. This makes it an incredibly useful supplement to therapists already existing skills, and a wonderful way of enriching what you may already be doing with clients. Even more exciting than that is the way the authors have managed to weave these two therapies together in a way that is so wonderfully respectful and clever, allowing the reader to choose for themselves what is valuable to them from each model. A fantastic read!
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