The Oxford Handbook of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Also known as Oxford Handbook of ACT, The Oxford Handbook of ACT
Reference handbook surveying ACT's theory, six processes, uses and training, 33 chapters
At a glance
What it covers
Conceptual foundation, General ACT methods, Specific applications …
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ACT as one part of a science, Processes over packages, Beyond therapy
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change, Learning Process-Based Therapy
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Michael P. Twohig, Michael E. Levin and 5 others
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- An academic reference that aims to give an updated, comprehensive overview of ACT and its contextual behavioral science foundations.
- It starts with theory: basic behavioral principles and relational frame theory.
- It then gives one chapter per core process, from acceptance and defusion to values and committed action.
- Later chapters cover ACT for specific problems and settings, from depression and chronic pain to schools and workplaces.
- It ends with future directions for the field.
Why it matters
- For students and clinicians who want one place to look up what ACT says and what research shows for a given process or condition, after an introductory book.
Key facts
- Editors
- Michael P. Twohig, Michael E. Levin and Julie M. Petersen (Utah State University)1
- Published
- Online November 2021; print July 20231
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (Oxford Library of Psychology)1
- Chapters
- 33, in four sections plus a conclusion1
- ISBN
- 9780197550076 (print)1
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197550076.001.00011
- Audience
- Researchers, clinicians and students of ACT1
What it covers
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Conceptual foundation1
How ACT developed, ACT as contextual behavioral science, basic behavioral principles, and a primer on relational frame theory.
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General ACT methods1
Assessment and case conceptualization, then a chapter each on psychological flexibility, acceptance, defusion, present-moment awareness, self-as-context, values and committed action.
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Specific applications1
Depression, anxiety and trauma, OCD, eating disorders, obesity, workplaces, chronic pain, chronic illness, substance use, smoking and psychosis.
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Implementation1
Training therapists, schools, children and adolescents, technology, groups, cultural adaptation, and ACT within behavior analysis.
Key ideas
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ACT as one part of a science1
The handbook frames ACT inside contextual behavioral science, linking basic research to clinical method.
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Processes over packages1
The core chapters are organized by process of change, not by diagnosis.
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Beyond therapy1
Chapters on workplace training and schools treat ACT as public health and prevention, not only treatment.
Read next
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
The founders' own textbook, if you have not read it.
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Learning Process-Based Therapy
Takes the process focus beyond ACT.
Connections
Written by
- Michael P. TwohigEditor
- Michael E. LevinEditor
- Julie M. PetersenEditor
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