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Learning ACT "is by far the best practical skill-building work book produced so far in the ACT literature. Teaching psychotherapy skills is complicated, and this book serves as a model for how it can be done. This book breaks down the ACT core process into bite-size portions making these skills visible, understandable and doable. The book is organized around core competencies but uses an ingenious system of therapist-client dialogue where the reader is encouraged to interact and respond applying each core skill. Besides all the cutting edge skill training abundant in this book, you cannot miss the compassionate vital spirit that these extraordinary ACT therapists bring into the therapy room. This book will surely be a classic for teaching psychotherapy!"
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Acceptance and commitment therapy is one of the most exciting developments in psychotherapy to occur in the last fifty years. ACT departs from conventional psychotherapeutic models, which strive to "fix", "control", or "get rid of" unwanted thoughts and behaviours. Instead, it demonstrates how to accept uncomfortable or painful situations without engaging with them, allowing them to pass away or diminish as they will. The therapy helps clients assess their own values and commit to acting on them in ways that lead to richer, more fulfilling lives. ACT is profound, revolutionary - and it works. As a result, thousand of therapists, new and experienced, are seeking to incorporate ACT work into their practices."Learning ACT" describes the six core therapeutic processes of ACT, outlining the theoretical background that sets the stage for the rest of the book. Then it outlines a process for case conceptualization from an ACT perspective and gives readers an opportunity to practice conceptualizing cases. Readers learn the ACT approach to establishing an effective and powerful therapeutic relationship and opportunities are provided for readers to practice their therapeutic relationship skills. A DVD included with the text offers role-played examples of the core ACT processes in action on both audio and video. In these examples, a picture is worth a thousand words, bringing to life the concepts developed in the text.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good book reinforced by dvd, up to usual 'new harbinger' standard.
Covers core processes of ACT with lots of good vignettes to show 'real world' useability.
Very helpful as an aid to use with the main ACT book, to work through your roadblocks and to help guided bibliotherapy eg using Eifert & Heffner with Anorexic patients.
Covers core processes of ACT with lots of good vignettes to show 'real world' useability.
Very helpful as an aid to use with the main ACT book, to work through your roadblocks and to help guided bibliotherapy eg using Eifert & Heffner with Anorexic patients.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Very well written and easy to understand also for
Non professionals if you are interested in the subject
That is.
The subject ACT Acceptance and Comitment Therapy is a very
Down to earth therapy for everyody and does cover daily issues
That we humans make too complicated.
Best to start with a more popular book on the subject if
You are not a prof: Go from your head into life.
Non professionals if you are interested in the subject
That is.
The subject ACT Acceptance and Comitment Therapy is a very
Down to earth therapy for everyody and does cover daily issues
That we humans make too complicated.
Best to start with a more popular book on the subject if
You are not a prof: Go from your head into life.
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63 of 63 people found the following review helpful
If You Are Interested In Learning How To Do Act, This Is The Best Book Written To Date
16 Dec 2007
Format:Paperback
Learning ACT, An Acceptance and Commitment Skills-Training Manual, written by three experts in this new and innovative type of therapy, Luoma, Hayes, and Walser, sets the standard for how psychotherapy books ought to be written. I have never read a book on how to do psychotherapy of any orientation that is as clear, comprehensive and helpful in teaching you how to do that particular brand of therapy. Learning Act is not a book that teaches you "about" ACT. It is a book that does exactly what the title tells you it does; it helps you learn to do ACT. It is a book for the clinician who is interested in experiential learning because it engages you and requires that you participate and practice the skills you have learned from it.
In a very methodical and systematic way, it breaks ACT down into its basic therapeutic processes and then proceeds to teach you how to do them. First you get some theory so you can understand the basic principles and concepts of the system. If you're not at all familiar with the behavior analytic terminology and concepts, you may strain a bit and may experience some puzzled moments, but as an ACT therapist might invite you to do, just go with it, allow yourself to feel some discomfort, and proceed with your intention to read this book. You will not regret it. You will be richly rewarded and you will have a good sense of its theoretical underpinnings. In fact, it may even stimulate your intellectual curiosity to do more reading and learn more about the theory itself, and the science that forms the strong foundation on which ACT rests. Next, it gives you descriptions of techniques, metaphors, stories. You get transcripts of actual therapist-client interactions and then, the best part of all, you get to play the part of the therapist. You are given clinical vignettes and are asked to respond to client comments and give a rationale for your responses. Finally, the authors offer two or three possible responses they themselves would make in those situations. So, you learn from reading, you practice by responding to clinical situations, and you get feedback by comparing your responses to those of the authors of the book. It is truly an experience working with this book. It's almost like going to a workshop to learn how to do ACT. It doesn't matter whether you are an experienced or inexperienced therapist. Novice clinicians are fortunate to have a book that takes them by the hand, tells them how to do it, and gives them an opportunity to practice what they've learned by responding in an ACT-consistent way to client comments made in an in-session clinical situation. Experienced clinicians who have never done ACT are fortunate to have a guide to help them navigate through the battle between ACT-consistent therapeutic behavior and the old and well-rehearsed responses and competing habits they learned from other therapeutic modalities that they may have been practicing for some time.
In the last few years, several excellent books have been written about ACT, all specializing in various topics such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, chronic pain, etc. And of course there is the first one written in 1999, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, the "bible" in the field. It was written by the founder and main force behind this new and innovative therapy, Steve Hayes, in collaboration with two other psychologists, Kirk Strosahl and Kelly Wilson, themselves very well known leaders, innovators and excellent practitioners of ACT. The Learning ACT book serves as a fine companion to the other more specialized books because it was written for the sole purpose of building basic skills in therapists who want to practice ACT.
In a very methodical and systematic way, it breaks ACT down into its basic therapeutic processes and then proceeds to teach you how to do them. First you get some theory so you can understand the basic principles and concepts of the system. If you're not at all familiar with the behavior analytic terminology and concepts, you may strain a bit and may experience some puzzled moments, but as an ACT therapist might invite you to do, just go with it, allow yourself to feel some discomfort, and proceed with your intention to read this book. You will not regret it. You will be richly rewarded and you will have a good sense of its theoretical underpinnings. In fact, it may even stimulate your intellectual curiosity to do more reading and learn more about the theory itself, and the science that forms the strong foundation on which ACT rests. Next, it gives you descriptions of techniques, metaphors, stories. You get transcripts of actual therapist-client interactions and then, the best part of all, you get to play the part of the therapist. You are given clinical vignettes and are asked to respond to client comments and give a rationale for your responses. Finally, the authors offer two or three possible responses they themselves would make in those situations. So, you learn from reading, you practice by responding to clinical situations, and you get feedback by comparing your responses to those of the authors of the book. It is truly an experience working with this book. It's almost like going to a workshop to learn how to do ACT. It doesn't matter whether you are an experienced or inexperienced therapist. Novice clinicians are fortunate to have a book that takes them by the hand, tells them how to do it, and gives them an opportunity to practice what they've learned by responding in an ACT-consistent way to client comments made in an in-session clinical situation. Experienced clinicians who have never done ACT are fortunate to have a guide to help them navigate through the battle between ACT-consistent therapeutic behavior and the old and well-rehearsed responses and competing habits they learned from other therapeutic modalities that they may have been practicing for some time.
In the last few years, several excellent books have been written about ACT, all specializing in various topics such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, chronic pain, etc. And of course there is the first one written in 1999, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, the "bible" in the field. It was written by the founder and main force behind this new and innovative therapy, Steve Hayes, in collaboration with two other psychologists, Kirk Strosahl and Kelly Wilson, themselves very well known leaders, innovators and excellent practitioners of ACT. The Learning ACT book serves as a fine companion to the other more specialized books because it was written for the sole purpose of building basic skills in therapists who want to practice ACT.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
we all talk "about" it - now you can see it for yourself
26 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
This book is a great addition to the original ACT text (Hayes, Strosahl & Wilson) - it helps bridge theory to practice in the comfort of your own home. The breakdown of the chapters and the accompanying CD allow you to consider theory and then to actually see what it looks like live. I also loved the clips that showed a mixture of interventions & help discriminate between ACT consistent and inconsistent or mixed interventions.
There is simply no substitute for "actually seeing" what it is like when various points of the model are applied. It brings a small piece of experiential training into your home and available at your beck & call. An invaluable resource for clinicians and students alike.
There is simply no substitute for "actually seeing" what it is like when various points of the model are applied. It brings a small piece of experiential training into your home and available at your beck & call. An invaluable resource for clinicians and students alike.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Learning ACT: Much needed, thank God it's here!
19 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
Folks, I just have to rave about the newly released 'Learning ACT' by Jay Luoma, Steve Hayes, & Robyn Walser. It is brilliant! It makes ACT much more accessible and easier to understand, and that's an understatement. This book is an incredibly comprehensive and clear guide to using ACT - goes through each process bit by bit - breaks it up, explains it, gives examples, then gives you exercises to do to see how well you understand it and can apply it, and then gives you the answers so you can see how well you did. Wow! Wish this had been around a few years ago - would have saved me a lot of brain-ache. Essentila reading for anyone interested in practising ACT.
Cheers, Russ
Cheers, Russ
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