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Highlights
- The ACT Approach is the ultimate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) resource all clinicians need to more their clients and therapy forward.Combining the foundational knowledge of ACT with practical guidance, strategies, and techniques, you can begin to use ACT immediately with any client that walks through your door.
- Benjamin Franklin Award (Psychology) 2018 3rd Winner
- About the Author: Timothy Gordon, MSW, is a social worker and peer-reviewed international ACT trainer.
- 173 Pages
- Psychology, Psychotherapy
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Book Synopsis
The ACT Approach is the ultimate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) resource all clinicians need to more their clients and therapy forward.
Combining the foundational knowledge of ACT with practical guidance, strategies, and techniques, you can begin to use ACT immediately with any client that walks through your door. Highly recommended by other ACT experts, this workbook is filled with unique tools you won't find anywhere else:
- Reproducible handouts & worksheets
- Mindfulness scripts
- Experiential exercises
- Transcripts from therapy sessions with line by line analysis
Includes specific case examples and treatment strategies for:
- Anxiety Disorders
- Depression
- Chronic Pain
- PTSD
- OCD
- Substance Use
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Adults, Children, Couples, Families and Groups!
Review Quotes
"Clearly written, entertaining, informative, and very clinically focused."
- Kirk Strosahl, PhD, cofounder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
"Timothy Gordon and Jessica Borushok have written a superb therapeutic guide for conducting ACT. In clear prose, with engaging illustrative examples, they explain ACT and show how practitioners can use ACT to help their clients live meaningful lives consistent with their values. I strongly recommend it." -- Andrew Christensen, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, Co-developer and author of Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)
Learning ACT is often confusing. This great book takes an interested clinician by the hand and leads them through a challenging learning path. Written by working clinicians for working clinicians, the book is engaging and clear. Particularly useful are the places where the authors discuss how they apply ACT principles to their own lives and the clinical transcripts. It seems the clinicians learn best by seeing the work. And the transcripts give a very clear sense of how to do ACT in a natural, non techique-y manner. Transitioning to ACT doesn t mean letting go of the clinical practices that work, but adding precision, scope and depth to the processes. I highly recommend this book. --Joanne Steinwachs, LCSW, Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer
About the Author
Timothy Gordon, MSW, is a social worker and peer-reviewed international ACT trainer. He specializes in treating attachment and trauma related disorders. Tim is also a yoga teacher who integrates movement and yoga practices into his work.
Jessica Borushok, PhD, is a psychologist specializing in health-related problems, including obesity, chronic pain, and coping with chronic medical conditions. In addition to clinical work, Jessica provides ACT trainings and program development internationally.