Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, First Edition

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, USA Kirk D. Strosahl, PhD, is Research and Training Director for the Mountainview Consulting Group, where he provides consultation and training on integrative primary care medicine, outcomes management in applied delivery systems, clinical management of the suicidal patient, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Kelly G. Wilson, PhD, is Associate Director of the Center for Contextual Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno

Part I: The Problem and the Approach. The Dilemma of Human Suffering. The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundation of ACT. The ACT Model of Psychopathology and Human Suffering. Part II: Clinical Methods. Creative Hopelessness: Challenging the Normal Change Agenda. Control is the Problem, Not the Solution. Building Acceptance by Defusing Language. Discovering Self, Defusing Self. Valuing. Willingness and Commitment: Putting ACT into Action. Part III: Using ACT. The Effective ACT. Therapeutic Relationship. ACT in Context.