The Little ACT Workbook

Michael Sinclair, Matthew Beadman

ISBN 10: 1780592434 / ISBN 13: 9781780592435

Verlag: Hodder and Stoughton, GB, 2016

Beschreibung

A practical introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the general reader.From one of the co-authors of the Little CBT Workbook,The Little ACT Workbookis a simple, hands-on, practical guide introducing essential ACT techniques you can use to live a full and meaningful life and change your life for the better. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an empirically-supported mindfulness-based behavioural therapy, gaining significant ground in the UK. This helpful book is packed full of guidance, techniques and a series of practical exercises so you can immediately start applying key ACT principles to your day-to-day life. Learn how to: Manage stress, depression and anxiety more effectivelyImprove your mood and resilienceCreate an enjoyable, meaningful and fuller life Rather than assuming that you need to change your thoughts and emotions in order to feel better, ACT shows you how to change your relationship to your thoughts and feelings, and to loosen up around them in order to engage in value-based action. The Little ACT Workbookensures you have the insight, tools and confidence to apply these valuable principles to your own situation and put them into practice today.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781780592435

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Little ACT Workbook
• Verlag: Hodder and Stoughton, GB
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1780592434
• ISBN-13: 9781780592435
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New
• Gewicht: 244 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

A practical introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the general reader.

From one of the co-authors of the bestselling Little CBT Workbook, The Little ACT Workbook is a simple, hands-on, practical guide introducing essential ACT techniques you can use to live a full and meaningful life and change your life for the better.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an empirically-supported mindfulness-based behavioural therapy, gaining significant ground in the UK. This helpful book is packed full of guidance, techniques and a series of practical exercises so you can immediately start applying key ACT principles to your day-to-day life. Learn how to:

Manage stress, depression and anxiety more effectively

Improve your mood and resilience

Create an enjoyable, meaningful and fuller life

Rather than assuming that you need to change your thoughts and emotions in order to feel better, ACT shows you how to change your relationship to your thoughts and feelings, and to loosen up around them in order to engage in value-based action. The Little ACT Workbook ensures you have the insight, tools and confidence to apply these valuable principles to your own situation and put them into practice today.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr Michael Sinclair CPsychol AFBPsS CSci is a Consultant Counselling Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Scientist registered with the Science Council, and a Senior Practitioner on the Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy. Following a career in the NHS, he established City Psychology Group (CPG), a private therapy practice in the City of London. He currently serves as the Clinical Director of CPG, offering therapy to clients using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and other mindfulness-based approaches, supervision to other psychologists, ACT coaching to senior executives, workshops for corporate audiences and the general public, and consultancy to corporate occupational health departments. Michael has written seven self-help books including Mindfulness for Busy People (now in its second edition) and The Little ACT Workbook, and is regularly interviewed by the media on topics relating to psychological wellbeing.

Dr Beadman works as a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS and has published peer-reviewed research in a number of clinical areas, including exploring core ACT processes. He has a keen interest and expertise in applying ACT for pain management and delivering brief, practical interventions which create meaningful change for his clients in a shorter period of time.