Recently, I received this excellent question about using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with religious clients and thought I'd share it so others could benefit: I'm learning ACT and am familiar with it's concepts, but I'm left with a few specific questions in terms of how it can be applied for persons who are deeply religious: [...]
We've pulled together seven favorite values exercises that you can use with your clients. These are based on work with hundreds of clients and repeated use in workshops and other training events. Most of these exercises originated from others and what we have tried to do is take some of our favorite ACT values exercises and [...]
Learning RFT is the first book that relates the basics of Relational Frame Theory in an accessible way and is intended for practicing clinicians. This is sure to become a classic for people interested in delving more into the basic theory behind ACT.
Dr. Akihiko Masuda and colleagues recently published a really interesting study where they broke down components of the ACT Milk Milk Milk exercise. In this exercise, the therapist may take a word that has a strong negative self-referential quality to the client (e.g., “fraud,” “ugly,” stupid,” “damaged”); the client then repeats the word over and [...]
ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is one of the core books that any new ACT therapist should get. Its a great place to start your learning of ACT. Very accessible and avoids much of the technical language that can be useful for more experienced ACT therapists, but which can [...]
Mindfulness for Two: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Mindfulness in Psychotherapy is a great book for improving your skills as an ACT therapist. A master therapist and ACT trainer writes a personal book that is engaging and also incorporates technical material in a manner that is accessible and fun to read. One of [...]
The Joy of Parenting: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Guide to Effective Parenting in the Early Years is one of the few resources for parents on how to apply mindfulness to how to parent. Its also unique in including a focus on how values can inform how you want to be as a parent.
Parenting Your Anxious Child With Mindfulness and Acceptance: A Powerful New Approach to Overcoming Fear, Panic, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is one of the few books out there for people who want to bring the technology of mindfulness to their parenting. A great resource.
Acceptance & Mindfulness Treatments for Children & Adolescents: A Practitioner's Guide is the book for people who are interested in applying ACT to this age group.
The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Depression is a great book for people who are interested in how ACT can be applied with depression. Kirk Strosahl and Patricia Robinson bring their many years of experience and wisdom to help people who are struggling with the "black dog" of depression.