Bøger af Steven C. Hayes

Denne bog er en opdatereret udgave af en af de første bøger om terapiformen Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) skrevet af de tre ophavsmænd. Siden førsteudgaven udkom i 1999, har ACT udviklet sig betydeligt både begrebsmæssigt, teknologisk og empirisk, og et stort antal praktikere har taget tilgangen til sig som en velegnet og effektiv måde at skabe forandring på.Denne udgave tager udgangspunkt i den psykologiske fleksibilitetsmodel som en enhedsmodel af menneskets funktioner og fokuserer på psykisk fleksibilitet som vejen til forandring og udbedring af en lang række af kliniske problemstillinger. Ud over dette fokus er bogen udvidet med beskrivelser af bl.a. mindfulnessprocesser, den terapeutiske relation, case-formulering og sammenhængen mellem ACT og kognitiv adfærdsterapi. Forfatterne beskriver desuden effektive og innovative måder at udvikle psykisk fleksibilitet på ved at anvende og målrette de seks centrale processer i ACT: defusion, accept, fleksibel opmærksomhed i forhold til nuet, selvet som kontekst, værdier og engageret handling.

Features step-by step mindfulness and acceptance exercises for effective relief from emotional pain. This book develops acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a revolutionary direction in psychotherapy, into step-by-step exercises that readers can use to get relief from emotional pain.

Since the original publication of this seminal work, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has come into its own as a widely practiced approach to helping people change. This book provides the definitive statement of ACT--from conceptual and empirical foundations to clinical techniques--written by its originators. ACT is based on the idea that psychological rigidity is a root cause of a wide range of clinical problems. The authors describe effective, innovative ways to cultivate psychological flexibility by detecting and targeting six key processes: defusion, acceptance, attention to the present moment, self-awareness, values, and committed action. Sample therapeutic exercises and patient-therapist dialogues are integrated throughout. New to This Edition *Reflects tremendous advances in ACT clinical applications, theory building, and research. *Psychological flexibility is now the central organizing focus. *Expanded coverage of mindfulness, the therapeutic relationship, relational learning, and case formulation. *Restructured to be more clinician friendly and accessible; focuses on the moment-by-moment process of therapy.

This is a unique empirically-based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness processes, and commitment and behaviour change processes to produce psychological flexibility. Steven C. Hayes, who helped develop ACT, and co-author Jason Lillis provide an overview of ACT's main influences and its basic principles.