Each year, we update our Learning ACT Resource Guide with the newest resources on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy that come out each year. The guide contains a comprehensive list of all of all the ACT that have ever been published. You can browse this list, organized by category, on our LearningACT website. Below, are the 43 new books [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy is the most comprehensive description of using values in psychotherapy that I am aware of. If you are wanting to learn how values are used in ACT or might be used in other therapies, this really is the best source.
Contextual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain outlines an ACT based approach to chronic pain.
Talking ACT gathers the accumulated wisdom of a few years of interaction on the ACT listserv into one accessible source. Sure to be a wealth of information for those wishing to delve deep into ACT and have many questions answered.
Act in Practice is a book for therapists focusing on case conceptualization from an Acceptance and Commitmetn Therapy perspective. It covers some of the basics of behaviora analysis and shows how to use functional analysis in the context of ACT.
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy For Chronic Pain focuses on the application of ACT to chronic pain specfically and also includes some information working with professionals using ACT. This book focuses heavily on values interventions and so can be a good resource for those wanting to learn more about using values in ACT.