We have spent many, many hours pulling together a list of what we believe is every book ever published on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), by any publisher. We hope that in navigating this site, you can quickly find books that are helpful for you, whether you are a member of the public looking for a self-help book or a professional looking for information about how to use the therapy. If you know of an ACT book that’s not on this list, please fill out this form so we can keep this list as comprehensive as possible. We try to update the list on an annual basis, so it should contain pretty much every ACT book ever written.
This list is excerpted from the Guide to Learning ACT , a companion to Learning ACT (2nd Edition), a free guide that includes the following resources: a learning action plan worksheet, a core competency self-rating form, and a comprehensive list of ACT books categorized by population and setting.
Self-Help, Self-Improvement, and Skills Workbooks
With the below links, you can navigate through ACT books for the public, arranged alphabetically and by topic:
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Body Image/Dieting/Anorexia
- Children/Teens/Parenting
- Depression
- Developmental disabilities
- Faith/Religion
- General Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Self-Help Books
- Happiness
- Health/Chronic diseases/Chronic pain
- Loss/Grief
- Love/Relationships
- Sex
- Substance abuse/Addiction
- Trauma/PTSD
- Work/Coaching/Business
- Yoga
Books for Professionals
With the below links, Therapists and Other Practitioners Using ACT can navigate through books about how to use ACT with clients, arranged alphabetically and by topic:
- Advanced practice
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Children/Adolescents/Parenting
- Depression
- Developmental disabilities
- Diverse populations
- Eating disorders/Body Image
- General Books for Learning ACT
- Health/Chronic pain/Integrated care
- Interpersonal/Relationships
- Mindfulness, Acceptance, and ACT
- Psychosis
- Relational Frame Theory/Behavior Analysis
- Religion/Spirituality
- Substance abuse/Addiction
- Trauma/PTSD
Note: Many of the book links on this site are affiliate links. Using these links does not cost you anything. If you decide to use our link, Amazon.com will share a small percentage of your sale with Portland Psychotherapy. The very small amount of money we make from these links is intended to recoup at least some of the cost of making the resources on our website available to the public. Please only use these links if you feel like the resources are right for you.