ACT Books: General Purpose
ACT Books: General Purpose(The following list of books is from the LEARNING ACT RESOURCE GUIDE: The complete guide to resources for learning Acceptance & Commitment Therapy by Jason Luoma, Ph.D. Updated July 2020 learningact.com)
BOOKS FOR LEARNING ACT
- LEARNING ACT
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Theories of Psychotherapy)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Contemporary Theory Research and Practice
- Acceptance and commitment Therapy: The CBT distinctive features series
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Dummies
- The ACT Approach: A Comprehensive Guide for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- The Act in Context: The Canonical Papers of Steven C. Hayes
- ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- ACT in Steps: A Transdiagnostic Manual for Learning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (The New Harbinger Made Simple Series)
- The ACT Matrix: A New Approach to Building Psychological Flexibility Across Settings and Populations
- The ACT Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Compassion: Tools for Fostering Psychological Flexibility
- ACT Questions and Answers: A Practitioner’s Guide to 150 Common Sticking Points in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- The Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy: Helping Clients Discover, Explore, and Commit to Valued Action Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- The Big Book of ACT Metaphors: A Practitioner’s Guide to Experiential Exercises and Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Interventions for Radical Change: Principles and Practice of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- A CBT Practitioner’s Guide to ACT: How to Bridge the Gap Between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Committed Action in Practice: A Clinician’s Guide to Assessing, Planning, and Supporting Change in Your Client (The Context Press Mastering ACT Series)
- A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self: Theory and Practice
- Contextual Schema Therapy: An Integrative Approach to Personality Disorders, Emotional Dysregulation, and Interpersonal Functioning
- The Essential Guide to the ACT Matrix: A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the ACT Matrix Model in Clinical Practice Essentials of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science: An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Predicting, and Influencing Human Behavior
- Experiencing ACT from the Inside Out: A Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Workbook for Therapists (Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Guides for Psychotherapists)
- The Heart of ACT: Developing a Flexible, Process-Based, and Client-Centered Practice Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Clinical Advancements and Applications in ACT
- Inside This Moment: A Clinician’s Guide to Promoting Radical Change Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Introduction to ACT: Learning and Applying the Core Principles and Techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Learning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Essential Guide to the Process and Practice of Mindful Psychiatry
- Learning ACT for Group Treatment: An Acceptance and Com-mitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists
- A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
- The Little ACT Workbook
- Metaphor in Practice: A Professional’s Guide to Using the Science of Language in Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness, Acceptance, and the Psychodynamic Evolution: Bringing Values into Treatment Planning and Enhancing Psychodynamic Work with Buddhist Psychology (The Context Press Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series)
- Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Positive Psychology: The Seven Foundations of Well-Being (The Context Press Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series)
- Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies in Practice (Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based Treatment)
- Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition
- Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work: Evidence-Based Interventions and Emerging Applications (The Context Press Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series)
- The Mindfulness-Informed Educator: Building Acceptance and Psychological Flexibility in Higher Education
- A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Talking ACT: Notes and Conversations on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Values in Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life
- The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science
- ADVANCED PRACTICE IN ACT
- ACT Questions and Answers: A Practitioner’s Guide to 150 Common Sticking Points in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- ACT Verbatim for Depression and Anxiety: Annotated Transcripts for Learning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Advanced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Experienced Practitioner’s Guide to Optimizing Delivery
- Advanced Training in ACT: Mastering Key In-Session Skills for Applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Defusion in Practice: A Clinician’s Guide to Assessing, Observing, and Supporting Change in Your Client (The Context Press Mastering ACT Series)
- Getting Unstuck in ACT: A Clinician’s Guide to Overcoming Common Obstacles in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Inside This Moment: A Clinician’s Guide to Promoting Radical Change Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Learning ACT: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists
- Learning ACT for Group Treatment: An Acceptance and Com-mitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists
- Metaphor in Practice: A Professional’s Guide to Using the Science of Language in Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness for Two: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Mindfulness in Psychotherapy
ACT in Practice
ACT in Practice
Welcome to the companion website for the book!
Case conceptualization is an important part of any psychotherapeutic approach, and the ACT in Practice book helps therapists learn how to take clinically useful ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and actually put them into practice and formulate treatments for a wide variety of clinical concerns.
The first section of the book offers an introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, an overview of the impact of ACT, and a brief introduction to the ACT's "hexaflex" model. The book also describes how to accomplish case conceptualizations in general and offers review of the literature on the importance and value of case conceptualization.
The first section closes with synopsis of the first, second, and third wave of behavior therapy with explanations of how the different waves would have treated hypothetical clients in specific situations.
The second section of the book covers ways that different ACT approaches can be applied to actual practice.
Quizzes at the end of each chapter help the reader evaluate the information they have just learned.
Please click on the links below for additional information and resources!
ACT Training and Supervision by the Authors
ACT Training and Supervision by the AuthorsPatty and D.J. have been training therapists in ACT and providing supervision in clinical behavior analysis since 2001.
If you are interested in having clinical tapes and videos reviewed for “distance supervision,” or would like to organize an ACT training workshop, we would be happy to assist you.
Please contact us for further details: TheMPInstitute@comcast.net
About the Authors
About the AuthorsPatricia A. Bach, Ph.D.
Patty received her doctorate from the University of Nevada in 2000. She is an assistant professor of psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where she does ACT and RFT research and trains students of clinical psychology.
Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D., BCBA
D.J. received his doctorate in clinical and school psychology from Hofstra University in 1998. He began his training in acceptance and commitment therapy in 1994 and practices clinical behavior analysis with victims of abuse and individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder. He is the founder of the MidAmerican Psychological Institute, and director of the Family Counseling Center, a division of Trinity Services, in Joliet, IL.
D.J. is also the host of Functionally Speaking – A 21st Century Behavior Therapy podcast. Listen here!
Case Conceptualization Worksheet
Case Conceptualization WorksheetThis “Inflexahex” model for case conceptualization can assist the clinician in charting and rating clinically relevant concerns in their clients’ lives. Dr. Patty Bach and Dr. D.J. Moran have made the ACT Case Conceptualization form available for download in pdf form, free to paid ACBS members. The form is also below for your convenience. You may select the image below and save it to your computer by right clicking on it and choosing "Save Image As".
If you would like a free, full-sized pdf copy of the form and are not a paid ACBS member, please email the authors for a copy at TheMPInstitute@comcast.net.