A clear and accessible introduction to ACT for clinicians and lay readers to help them develop new skills and effectively change their behaviour.
Joe Oliver is a clinical psychologist who has been working within the NHS for the past 10 years. He runs a private ACT-based consultancy that offers training, supervision and psychological therapy. He is the co-editor of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy & Mindfulness for Psychosis (2013). Joe is also chair of the national BABCP ACT committee, which promotes and develops ACT within the UK. Jon Hill is a professional coach and trainer who has spent most of his career working with people in addiction. He now coaches individual clients around career progression and change, and delivers training in wellbeing and energy management for organisations in the public and private sector, as well as workshops introducing ACT to the public. Eric Morris works as a consultant clinical psychologist in the NHS, with nearly 20 years' experience of providing contextual cognitive behavioural therapies (including ACT) to individuals, groups and families. He is the co-editor of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy & Mindfulness for Psychosis (2013). Eric is a founder and past chair of the national BABCP ACT committee.
The human mind does not come with an owner's manual, but this book
covers much of what you need to know. It shows how just three
critical skills can be cultivated and used that will make a
profound difference in your life - addressing problems like
depression, anxiety, anger and low self-esteem. Simple and clear,
it gives you the tools to move forward, now. - Prof. Steven C.
Hayes, co-developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and
author of Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
ACTivate Your Life with this fantastic new self-help book. Based on
the revolutionary new therapy - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
(ACT) - this comprehensive workbook will help you to effortlessly
navigate your way through the challenges in your life and transform
it for the better. Whether you simply feel a little stuck or are
chronically depressed, the three simple steps (Open, Aware and
Active), case studies and worksheets will support you on your
journey to enjoying life again. - Dr. Guy Meadows, author of The
Sleep Book
All the latest research and a wealth of clinical experience have
gone into this book. Clear, friendly language, fun illustrations
and easy to use worksheets cut through the tangle of difficult
thoughts and feelings so many people struggle with and allow
themselves to be held back by. A state of the art, logical and
supportive book that reassures you that you are not a freak for
struggling in the first place, helps you identify the unhelpful
strategies that drive and maintain your difficulties, builds your
resilience and unlocks your potential. - Suzy Dittmar, ACT
Therapist, London
ACT helps me when I'm struggling or having a tough day, and it
helps clients I work with too. This book uses new metaphors,
reframes 'classic' ACT images and presents realistic examples to
explain the concepts in a way that makes them understandable and
worth trying. I will recommend this to clients and friends. - Dr.
Ben Sedley, clinical psychologist and author of Stuff That
Sucks
Psychological suffering is inevitably interwoven into human life
and this book addresses that simple truth. Although it is only
natural to not want to suffer, desperate attempts to blow out the
flame of emotional suffering often make it even bigger. ACTivate
Your Life proposes how to deal with our vulnerabilities, weaknesses
and imperfections without struggle, and teaches us how to meet them
with gentleness and self-compassion. The book can be used by
everyone as a guide to navigating a wide range of common
psychological problems and challenges, such as depression, anxiety,
anger and low self-esteem. - Stanislaw Malicki, Senior licensed
clinical psychologist and peer-reviewed ACT trainer, Akershus
University Hospital, Norway
This outstanding new book allows you to use the ACT approach to
bring a greater sense of meaning, purpose, and vitality into your
own life right now. This is an excellent resource for anyone
struggling with anxiety, worry, depression, lack of self-esteem,
loss of life direction, or anger issues. However, I want to be bold
here and suggest that everyone should read this book. Why? Because
it shows how modern psychology views the human condition, and
illustrates how to relate skilfully to the strange internal world
of thought and emotion that we all experience. - Dr. Paul Flaxman,
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, City University London and author of
The Mindful and Effective Employee
Destined to become an ACT self-help classic, ACTivate Your Life
provides a witty and charming delivery of ACT concepts that brings
the reader along in a compassionate and gentle style. The examples
are easy to identify with and the exercises well-timed. A great way
to be introduced to the ACT model and an excellent contribution
from creative and influential authors in the ACT field. - Dr.
Louise McHugh, Lecturer in the School of Psychology, University
College Dublin and author of The Self & Perspective Taking
This book is not a magic wand that will effortlessly free you from
all of your problems: it invites you to actively participate in
what could be hard personal work. Written with great wisdom and
expertise, but also from a place of compassion and full of our
common humanity, Oliver, Hill & Morris have placed in your hands a
supremely practical resource for changing how you approach your
life, and building a more meaningful and fully-lived existence. -
Dr. David Gillanders, Academic Director, Doctoral Programme in
Clinical Psychology, University of Edinburgh
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