The big book of ACT metaphors : a practitioner's guide to experiential exercises and metaphors in acceptance and commitment therapy

The big book of ACT metaphors : a practitioner's guide to experiential exercises and metaphors in acceptance and commitment therapy / Jill A. Stoddard, PhD, and Niloofar Afari, PhD ; foreword by Steven C. Hayes.

"Metaphors and exercises play an incredibly important part in the successful delivery of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). These powerful tools go far in helping clients connect with their values and give them the motivation needed to make a real, conscious commitment to change. Unfortun...

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Main Author: Stoddard, Jill A.
Other Authors: Afari, Niloofar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, 2014.
Subjects:
Acceptance and commitment therapy.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Movements > Behaviorism.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview of ACT
  • Bypassing the traps of language with experiential practice / Matthieu Villatte, Jennifer L. Villatte, and Jean-Louis Monestès
  • Acceptance and willingness / Pia S. Heppner
  • Cognitive defusion
  • Present-moment awareness / with Sheeva Mostoufi and Jessica Gundy Cuneo
  • Self-as-context and perspective taking
  • Values
  • Committed action
  • Bringing it all together
  • Appendix A: Mindfulness diary / Jessica Gundy Cuneo
  • Appendix B: Act thought record / Elizabeth Maher
  • Appendix C: Music mindfulness and defusion handout / Levin Schwartz
  • Appendix D: Values words / Nicole Rensenbrink
  • Appendix E: The heroes exercise worksheet / Rob Archer
  • Appendix F: Writing your autobiography worksheet / Mark Stern
  • Appendix G: Values and committed action worksheet / Jill Stoddard
  • Appendix H: The classroom professor graphics and worksheet / Jill Stoddard
  • Appendix I: The bubble exercise graphics and worksheet / Nuno Ferreira
  • Appendix J: Selected list of additional exercises and metaphors published elsewhere
  • Appendix K: Rights and permissions.

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