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Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Adults with Intellectual Disabilities - by Sarah Tomlinson & Jonathan Williams & Natalie Boulton
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Highlights
- Adults with intellectual disabilities can often have their views and needs overlooked and are frequently not sufficiently involved in their own care or behaviour support plans.
- About the Author: Dr Sarah Tomlinson is consultant clinical psychologist in Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and the founder of PATH North West.
- 240 Pages
- Social Science, People with Disabilities
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About the Book
An ACT-based guide for practitioners working with adults with intellectual disabilities, with the aim of fostering self-advocacy and individual empowerment and centring their needs. With case studies and ideas for exercises, this is a clear roadmap for accessible ACT interventions.Book Synopsis
Adults with intellectual disabilities can often have their views and needs overlooked and are frequently not sufficiently involved in their own care or behaviour support plans.
The central focus on values in ACT helps people identify what matters to them, allowing the practitioner to instead truly support the values-based goals of the individual with intellectual disability. This first-of-its kind guide adapts an ACT model to ensure a meaningful, person-centered therapeutic approach for this group. Readers are supported to understand the lifelong impact of cognitive difficulties, including trouble regulating or understanding feelings and distress from disability related trauma. With case studies, advice on session structure and ideas for exercises, this guide contains a wealth of resources for practitioners, supporters and wider networks.Review Quotes
A must-read book for practitioners and anyone involved in delivering or commissioning support services. Compassionate, clear and practical, it's just what is needed to improve the quality of services for people with intellectual and learning disabilities. This is an important book showing how ACT can be adapted to be relevant for everyone in our community.--Freddy Jackson Brown, Clinical Psychologist
This important and timely book offers a clear, compassionate, and evidence informed guide to using ACT with adults with intellectual disabilities. Tomlinson, Williams, and Boulton bring expert clinical insight and practical tools to a population too often overlooked. A must read for practitioners seeking to promote psychological flexibility in accessible, respectful, and effective ways. I highly recommend it.--Louise McHugh, Professor of Psychology at University College Dublin, ACT trainer, and author of A Contextual Behavioural Guide to the Self
About the Author
Dr Sarah Tomlinson is consultant clinical psychologist in Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and the founder of PATH North West. She has worked in the NHS with adults with learning disabilities and/or autism for 26 years and trained in ACT in 2018. She co-chairs a local ACT and Learning Disabilities Special Interest Group.
Dr Jonathan Williams is a consultant clinical psychologist specializing in intellectual disabilities. He has over 20 years' experience in the field of psychology and has been using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy since 2006. Jonathan is the Professional development lead for the British Psychological Society Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities and has previously served on two committees for the Association for Contextual Behavioural Science. Dr Natalie Boulton is a Senior Clinical Psychologist specializing in intellectual disabilities. Natalie works within an NHS specialist learning disability and autism service in the North West of England and has worked alongside people with intellectual disabilities and their supporters in a variety of settings for almost twenty years. Natalie trained in ACT in 2014. Natalie co-chairs a local ACT and intellectual disability special interest group.Dimensions (Overall): 9.02 Inches (H) x 5.98 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: People with Disabilities
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback
Author: Sarah Tomlinson & Jonathan Williams & Natalie Boulton
Language: English
Street Date: November 21, 2025
TCIN: 1006712935
UPC: 9781805012993
Item Number (DPCI): 247-51-9109
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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