ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

by Patricia A. Bach PhD, Daniel J. Moran PhD, BCBA-D, Steven C. Hayes PhD (Foreword by)

Overview

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is more than just a set of techniques for structuring psychotherapeutic treatment; it also offers a new, insightful, transdiagnostic approach to case conceptualization and to mental health in general. Learn to put this popular new psychotherapeutic model to work in your practice with this book, the first guide that explains how to do case conceptualization within an ACT framework.

ACT in Practice offers an introduction to ACT, an overview of its impact, and a brief introduction to the six core processes of ACT treatment--the six points of the hexaflex model and its pathological alter ego, the so-called inflexahex. It describes how to accomplish case conceptualizations in general and offers précis of the literature that establish the importance and value of case conceptualization. This guide also offers possible alternative case conceptualization for cases from different therapeutic traditions, a great help to therapists who come from a more traditional CBT background. Exercises throughout help you to evaluate the information you have just learned so that you may effectively integrate ACT into your practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608826308
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Patricia A. Bach, Ph.D., received her doctorate from the University of Nevada in 2000. She is assistant professor of psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she does ACT and RFT research and trains students of clinical psychology. She practices ACT at the MidAmerican Psychological Institute and trains ACT therapists.

Daniel J. Moran, Ph.D., BCBA-D, received his doctorate from Hofstra University in 1998. He began his training in acceptance and commitment therapy in 1994 and founded the MidAmerican Psychological Institute in Joliet, IL in 2003. He is the director of the Family Counseling Center, a division of Trinity Services, where he trains future clinicians and practices clinical behavior analysis.

Foreword writer Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., is University of Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and author of numerous books, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, as well as hundred of articles and book chapters on related subjects.

Patricia A. Bach, PhD, is clinical assistant professor at the University of Central Florida. She completed her PhD at the University of Nevada, and has been providing psychotherapy, supervision, and training in ACT for more than fifteen years. Bach is a past president of the ACBS, and has coauthored a book on ACT case conceptualization.
Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D, is founder of Pickslyde Consulting, and associate professor at Touro University. His appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Network, The Learning Channel, and Discovery focused on discussing acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for people dealing with anxiety, depression, and substance-abuse concerns. In addition, he has successfully consulted with small start-up organizations and international Fortune 500 companies to ensure leaders and associates find their why and find their way.
Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has been president of numerous professional organizations, is author of forty-five books and nearly 650 scientific articles, and is among the most cited living psychologists. He has shown in his research how language and thought leads to human suffering, and is originator and codeveloper of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT): a powerful therapy method that is useful in a wide variety of areas; relational frame theory (RFT): an empirical program in language and cognition; and process-based therapy (with Stefan G. Hofmann).

Table of Contents

A Letter from the Series Editor     vii
Preface     xi
Acknowledgments     xv
An Introduction to ACT Principles
An Orientation to ACT     3
Clinical Behavior Analysis and the Three Waves of Behavior Therapy     17
Functional Analysis and ACT Assessment     37
Relational Frame Theory     63
What Is Case Conceptualization?     81
The Fundamentals of ACT Case Conceptualization
Conceptualizing Functionally     93
Contacting the Present Moment and Perspective Taking     127
Values, Commitment, and Behavior Change Processes     143
Acceptance Processes     159
Putting ACT into Practice
Creative Hopelessness: When the Solution Is the Problem     175
Bringing Mindfulness to Clinical Work     189
Values Work     203
Defusion and Deliteralization     217
Willingness     241
Acceptance and Change     265
Pulling It All Together     277
Epilogue: Saying Good-Bye to Shandra and Rick     299
ABC Functional Analysis Sheet     301
Inhexaflex Case-Conceptualization Worksheet     303
Event Log     305
Suggestaflex     307
References     309
Index     327