Download here or click the image. Here is a handy metaphor and mindfulness exercise I have been using with clients. Nearly everyone I have done this with grasps onto it right away and has given positive feedback. Click here or on the image below to download. Luckily I have just the exercise to help them with that.
This exercise will help your clients come into contact with their own body and self-as-context in a wonderful way. Download it here or click the image below. Here is a handy exercise you can use with couples or families designed to help foster compassionate connection with one another, and to lead into values work. In the right context this exercise can be extremely powerful and lead to enormous response from clients.
You can download it here, or by clicking the image below. Here is a write up with some psychoeducation on emotions, and a simple exercise designed to help clients slow down their emotional experience and attend to many different components.
I use this often with clients. Easy enough to understand for young teens and older. You can download it here. You can download it for free here. And sometimes, despite our best efforts to help them get moving, our clients will stay stuck - in which case, we can at least provide them with a safe, compassionate space in which they can rest.
This is useful whenever a problems cannot be solved, or b when problem-solving attempts create even bigger problems. View 2 comments. Aug 24, Katherine rated it it was amazing. I read this book as an accompaniment to therapy which I'm very fortunate to have access to. If I could give it more than 5 stars, I would!!! This book covers all aspects of ACT as a way to live a truly engaged life along with the breadth of intense experiences and emotions that are part of being human.
As someone who deals with anxiety, panic, and depression, and has more than a tendency to over-analyze and over-think, this approach is ideal as an action-based, forward-moving, values-centere I read this book as an accompaniment to therapy which I'm very fortunate to have access to. As someone who deals with anxiety, panic, and depression, and has more than a tendency to over-analyze and over-think, this approach is ideal as an action-based, forward-moving, values-centered method. Russ Harris' sassy style of writing also make it a joy to read.
I mean, any therapy book that starts with a joke about the nihilistic despair of life is a winner for me. Especially when it along with sessions has changed the way I approach the big picture right down to my every day. Aug 31, Deb rated it it was amazing. To me, the core philosophy of ACT just makes sense: be present, open up, and do what matters.
In addition to distilling ACT down to its essential components, it provides clinical transcripts and worksheets galore to help you jump right in to the ACTion. Contacting the present moment—Be here now 2. Defusion—Watch your thoughts 3. Acceptance—Open up 4. Self-as-context—Pure awareness 5. Values—Know what matters 6. Psychological flexibility brings all of these benefits, and more.
ACT therefore seems relevant to just about everyone. The key piece I like about ACT is the incorporation of values and assessing thoughts, emotions, and behavior in terms of workability aka do they bring you towards or away from your values. Unlike CBT, ACT isn't about creating alternative thoughts or assessing the evidence, rather it's about relating to your thoughts in a different way.
In order to defuse from your thoughts, people learn to take not only a nonjudgmental, but warm and self-compassionate approach to those thoughts. Given that, ACT uses plenty of metaphors to illustrate the concept, making it accessible to client understanding. For instance, thoughts can be seen as the weather and we are the sky the part that observes.
So we aren't trying to get rid of thoughts and feelings, rather accept them as part of our experience because fusing with thoughts isn't always an unworkable thing. The goal of ACT is to develop greater psychological flexibility. Overall, I enjoyed the author's conversational, no BS style in explaining how to use these concepts, especially when clients may not buy into them.
ACT Made Simple covers a lot of ground on the approach and is an essential read for anyone looking to become a practitioner. Aug 09, MDL rated it it was amazing Shelves: quarantine , psychology.
I love how a lot of these psychological techniques are based on Buddhist teachings. It really tells you how much of wisdom we have proven now were actually already available in ancient times.
This is brilliant!! It gave me something very concrete to follow for my life. It pretty much covered everything. If you want to improve the way you live and have meaning in your life, I recommend this book a lot!
This is the therapy that I needed! Love this approach to counseling and the way this book was organized. I can't wait to incorporate ACT as I work with clients! Jul 12, Ian Felton rated it really liked it. I felt that it was something special--at least special in how it resonated with me. Now I've read my first book on ACT and I'm more convinced that this is the theoretical orientation I will take in my career. Harris walks the novice through the basic concepts of ACT not RFT, functional contextualism, or other philosophical concepts using diagrams, worksheets, and sample dialogues with clients.
This is a very practical guide. I already imagine that I will return to it often in my practice to rehearse metaphors and exercises to do with clients. And I loved it. Jun 10, Liza rated it really liked it. Great explanation of a very complicated concept! Aug 31, Audra rated it it was ok. I appreciate the premise behind ACT, but the writing style was not for me.
It also bothers me when ACT writers or practitioners try to distance themselves from the original mindfulness practices that started this process. Sep 01, Charley rated it it was amazing.
A great introduction to ACT for beginners with handy role play transcripts showing how you can explain things to clients.
Great for any level of practitioner, though not suited as a self-help book. I particularly enjoyed how he paired this with the ACT made simple facebook group which is a great therapist support network and with his own 'act mindfully' pdf guide to worksheets and audio guides that you can access for free! Nov 30, Miklos rated it it was amazing. It is tailored towards clinicians, not the lay public, and offers countless resources, techniques, theory, and ways to incorporate ACT into your clinical tool belt.
This book was recommended to me by a colleague who is a big ACT proponent and I'm happy to say I'm one as well after finishing this book. I plan on rereading as needed.
The name is quite on the Spot. It makes ACT as simple as it can get. Of course, ACT is something to only really be learned trough experience, but the book is as pretty decent roadmap in this trail. May 24, Nicholas Hatcher rated it it was amazing.
The author does an amazing job at breaking down the hexaflex, triflex, and weaving in his model of "the choice point" throughout the text. He does this in an engaging way. I also appreciate the extra bits the author has posted online to build upon content. Worksheets are also provided. I am looking forward to reading additional publications.
Aug 26, Yorgo rated it it was amazing. Amazing book to start with ACT. The whole book took me some time to finish but it was a very pleasant read. It feels like a personal conversation with Russ, a one on one course with him. ACT is an amazing kind of therapy and also in a certain sense a way of living. I feel already better prepared and have now tools, knowledge and a structure to work with. Just need to practice all I've learned!
Mar 13, Katie Erin rated it really liked it. I will definitely use the values-based worksheets and some of the mindfulness exercises. This is a very practical and hands on book. I read this book as part of a PD course. Oct 29, Ashley rated it it was amazing. Loved the conversational style and the abundance of scripts and worksheets. Have used them in counseling sessions with great results! Nov 05, Kate rated it it was amazing.
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