Sheri L. Turrell (Author)
Sheri L. Turrell, PhD, is a clinical psychologist living
with her family in Toronto, ON, Canada. She is passionate about her
clinical work with adolescents, helping them to move towards a life
that matters. Sheri is the primary investigator, working in
collaboration with Mary Bell, for studies of group-based acceptance
and commitment therapy (ACT) and a mobile app for adolescents.
Sheri runs a full-time private practice, and enjoys being a
consultant for graduate students and mental health service
providers who are interested in learning ACT.
Mary Bell (Author)
Mary Bell, MSW, RSW, is a social worker working in private
practice and clinical roles in Singapore and Toronto, ON, Canada.
She specializes in helping youths and their parents through the
adolescent transition. Her clinical affiliations have included The
Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), The Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health (CAMH), and Trillium Health Partners. She has found
her 'true north' in sharing acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
with both clients and other practitioners.
"ACT for Adolescents is a well-written resource that steps
therapists through the hexaflex model, session by session. The
authors have a deep understanding of young people and how to
approach therapeutic work with them. This book is a way to see the
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) model through the eyes of
two experienced adolescent therapists. A practical approach for
setting up group and individual therapy with young people."
--Louise Hayes, PhD, senior fellow at Orygen, The National Centre
of Excellence in Youth Mental Health; and The University of
Melbourne; and coauthor of The Thriving Adolescent and Get Out of
Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens
"ACT for Adolescents is a must-read for professionals working with
adolescents and their primary caregivers. Turrell and Bell
emphasize the acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) view of
person-in-environment, linking the interdependence and mutual
influence of adolescents in their social and physical environments.
This perspective in a helping relationship fosters empowerment, and
this book guides a flexible, holistic approach that clinicians
working with adolescents will benefit from. Readers will gain novel
and practical ACT approaches to working with adolescents."
--Timothy Gordon MSW, RSW, social worker; ACT instructor at
McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada; and peer-reviewed ACT
trainer
"Hats off to Turrell and Bell for giving us a high-quality manual
to support clinicians' use of acceptance and commitment therapy
(ACT) with adolescents! They've tested and refined their
interventions over years, and now provide specific instructions on
how to use them in both individual and group treatments. The ACTion
group protocol follows a ten-session model, and it's filled with
teen-friendly metaphors and supported by online mindfulness
exercises. Bravo! Truly what we needed."
--Patricia J. Robinson, PhD, director of training and program
evaluation at Mountainview Consulting Group; international ACT
trainer; author of numerous articles, chapters, and books; and
coauthor of Inside This Moment and Real Behavior Change in Primary
Care
"Sheri Turrell and Mary Bell have developed a step-by-step approach
to using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with teenagers, in
individual and group treatment, brimming with new exercises and
metaphors, and creatively adapted traditional ACT interventions.
Amongst the strengths of this book are its integration of
self-compassion training and the powerful ACT matrix model."
--Benjamin Schoendorff, international ACT trainer; director of the
Contextual Psychology Institute in Montreal, QC, Canada; and
coauthor of The Essential Guide to the ACT Matrix
"Turrell and Bell are adolescent pros! In ACT for Adolescents, they
provide a readable, organized, and practical protocol for treating
adolescents using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). They
clearly describe sophisticated interventions, and include dozens of
powerful and engaging experiential exercises that will surely
engage and resonate with young people. This book can be used as a
treatment manual, allowing the reader to implement ACT immediately
and effectively with teens, with step-by-step instructions to guide
the therapist through each session. The entire protocol can be
implemented in a group setting, and specific modifications are
suggested for group work. The authors are clearly gifted
therapists, and their experience, wisdom, and respect for
adolescents comes through on every page. Any therapist who works
with adolescents will find powerful tools that can be used
immediately to improve their outcomes with adolescents in this very
accessible book."
--Britt H. Rathbone, MSSW, LCSW-C, expert adolescent therapist,
trainer, author, and coauthor of What Works with Teens, Dialectical
Behavior Therapy for At-Risk Adolescents, and Parenting a Teen Who
Has Intense Emotions
"Turrell and Bell have made a valuable and timely contribution to
the field. The authors provide a model that is comprehensive enough
in theory and practice to allow a confident foray into using
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with adolescent clients. At
the same time, the program is flexible and not overly prescriptive,
which allows the clinician to walk alongside the adolescent
wherever they need to go that day in the service of the therapy
goals. Clients will feel that the work is being tailored to them in
the moment, which it is, and not some imposed system the adolescent
is expected to fit into."
--Christopher McCurry, PhD, clinical child psychologist in private
practice, and author of Parenting Your Anxious Child with
Mindfulness and Acceptance and Working with Parents of Anxious
Children
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