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“Acceptance and Commitment Therapy”- is the big next better new scientific school thing after Cognitive Behaviour Therapy This is the first main Book from 1999 from the founder. Here is the site:www.contextualpsychology.org/state_of_the_act_evidence-> powerpoint with countless study resultshttp://www.contextualpsychology.org/Research_Summariesmore studies and scientific articles..Forum thread here: synopsis:ACT:   * Accept your reactions and be present   * Choose a valued direction   * Take actionCore PrinciplesACT commonly employs six core principles to help clients develop psychological flexibility:  1. Cognitive defusion: Learning to perceive thoughts, images, emotions, and memories as what they are, not what they appear to be.  2. Acceptance: Allowing them to come and go without struggling with them.  3. Contact with the present moment: Awareness to the here and now experience with openness, interest, and receptiveness.  4. Observing the self: Accessing a transcendent sense of self, a continuity of consciousness which is changing.  5. Values: Discovering what is most important to one’s true self. [4]  6. Committed action: Setting goals according to values and carrying them out responsibly.Review”This profound book is structured into three parts, Part I, The Problem and The Approach is made up of three chapters dealing with the Dilemma of Human Suffering, The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of ACT and The ACT Model of Psychopathology and Human Suffering….The cost of this book is a mere $36.00. Given the potential potency of its contents, it is a unique bargain, a valuable addition to any comparative psychotherapy course and a compelling addition to any advanced cognitive psychotherapy course. Recommended reading for any serious student of behavioral psychotherapy, it is an important book. It may well reflect the next move forward in therapy and our understanding of the human condition.”–Child &Family Behavior Therapy– Review –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.Review”Once in a while, there is a unique contribution to psychotherapy. Even more rare is the grounding of that contribution in sound philosophy, on the one hand, and firm data, on the other. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy represents such an effort. In a truly creative leap forward, Hayes and his colleagues present a new approach to behavior change that is ‘must’ reading for everyone in the field of psychotherapy or behavior therapy, as well as students entering the profession.”–David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP”The pragmatic and reasonable approach described in this book will be of great interest to therapists from any disciplinary background. It will also serve as an excellent text in graduate-level counseling and psychotherapy courses.”–Arthur Freeman, EdD, ABPP”Presents an innovative approach to helping clients accept their thoughts and feelings and overcome experiential avoidance…. The authors delineate a solid clinical rationale and provide clear guidelines for ACT implementation. A real strength of this book is the chapters on each stage of treatment, which detail a wealth of strategies and interventions and include excellent exercises, therapist-client dialogues, and pointers for practice.”–Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD”This is no ordinary book. Only rarely do we come across a work that fundamentally influences the way we think about the practice of psychology. This has been my experience of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy….Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is not only essential for understanding ACT, but I would consider it important reading for anyone interested in modern therapy and the future of Clinical Psychology. While ACT is only one example of the most recent flowering of the scientist-practitioner/clinical psychology resurgence, it is one that I believe many clinicians will find fits their scientific training, personal philosophies, and is a “workable” vehicle for themselves and their clients. After reading this book I have unashamedly become an ACT fan. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is the single most useful book I have ever read on psychology….I have also found that it has informed my understanding of other therapeutic approaches. It was a joy, and a challenge, to encounter a therapy so thoughtful, and humane, while so steeped in theory and in the experimental literature. It is a wonderful example of the scientist-practitioner model in action. I can recommend it wholeheartedly as an extremely interesting and very useful book for any clinical psychologist.”–New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists Journal”…I was thoroughly engaged after the first paragraph….I would recommend the text as one of many useful guides for beginning clinicians. Its strengths include the process of engaging with clients and building an effective working relationship. The many therapeutic exercises offered are a particularly valuable inclusion in the book.”–Psychotherapy in Australia”…presents an interesting alternative to the dominant models in clinical psychology. Practicing counsellors and graduate students of psychology would be well advised to read this text.”–The Irish Psychologist”[This is] a valuable addition to any comparative psychotherapy course and a compelling addition to any advanced cognitive psychotherapy course. Recommended reading for any serious student of behavioral psychotherapy, it is an important book. It may well reflect the next move forward in therapy and our understanding of the human condition.”–Child and Family Behavior Therapy”Presents an interesting alternative to the dominant models in clinical psychology. Practicing counselors and graduate students of psychology would be well advised to read this text.”–Irish PsychologistProduct DescriptionMost therapists and clients believe that a more vital life can be attained by overcoming negative thoughts and feelings. Yet despite efforts to achieve this goal, many individuals continue to suffer with behavior disorders, adjustment difficulties, and low life satisfaction. This volume presents a unique psychotherapeutic approach that addresses the problem of psychological suffering by altering the very ground on which rational change strategies rest. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses in particular on the ways clients understand and perpetuate their difficulties through language. Providing a comprehensive overview of the approach and detailed guidelines for practice, this book shows how interventions based on metaphor, paradox, and experiential exercises can enable clients to break free of language traps, overcome common behavioral problems, and enhance general life satisfaction.From the Back CoverThis book offers the clinician a theoretical, philosophical, and practical guide to a new and potentially powerful model of psychotherapy. Focusing on the context and process of change, Hayes and his colleagues set out a clear plan to help those clients who, as they put it, feel unable to find their way out of life’s ongoing traps. Their blueprint for change encourages a strategic and technical eclecticism and the building of a strong working alliance. The pragmatic and reasonable approach described in this book will be of great interest to therapists from any disciplinary background. It will also serve as an excellent text in graduate-level counseling and psychotherapy courses (Arthur Freeman, EdD, ABPP). –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.About the AuthorSteven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. His career has focused on the analysis of the nature of human language and cognition and the application of this to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering. Among other offices, he has been President of Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, of the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, and of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT).Kirk D. Strosahl, PhD, is Research and Training Director for the Mountainview Consulting Group, where he provides consultation and training on integrative primary care medicine, outcomes management in applied delivery systems, clinical management of the suicidal patient, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Dr. Strosahl began his career as the Director of the Suicidal Behaviors Research Clinic at the University of Washington, where, along with Marsha Linehan, PhD, and John Chiles, MD, he helped elaborate the use of acceptance and mindfulness strategies with suicidal borderline patients. From 1984 through 1998 he worked as a staff psychologist and as the Research Evaluation Manager for the Division of Behavioral Health Services at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, where he became a recognized expert in integration of behavioral health services into primary care medicine, and in the dissemination of empirically supported therapies into managed care settings.Kelly G. Wilson, PhD, is Associate Director of the Center for Contextual Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has directed a National Institute on Drug Abuse grant since 1993, examining both Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and 12-Step facilitation treatment of substance abuse. An author of over 20 articles and chapters, his interests include the integration of basic and applied behavioral science, behavioral analysis of nontraditional behavioral topics, the interface of ACT and other acceptance-oriented traditions, and the application of acceptance strategies to substance abuse.Content:I. The Problem and the Approach. 1. The Dilemma of Human Suffering. 2. The Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of ACT. 3. The ACT Model of Psychopathology and Human Suffering.II. Clinical Methods. 4. Creative Hopelessness: Challenging the Normal Change Agenda. 5. Control Is the Problem, Not the Solution. 6. Building Acceptance by Defusing Language.7. Discovering Self, Defusing Self. 8. Valuing. 9. Willingness and Commitment: Putting ACT into Action. III. Using ACT. 10. The Effective ACT Therapeutic Relationship. 11. ACT in Context   5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging Current Thinking in Clinical Psychology, July 13, 2000By Dr Andrew Page (Nedlands, Western Australia Australia)Hayes and colleagues have made an excellent contribution with their book Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) by drawing together many years of theoretical work and practice into a very readable work. The first half of the book outlines the theoretical foundations of ACT. Many recent books in clinical psychology claim to offer a new psychotherapeutic technique or a new approach within a particular conceptual framework. In contrast, Hayes and colleagues present a new and comprehensive conceptual foundation for psychotherapy. They seek to challenge some of the cherished notions in mental health (e.g., that mental disorders always arise from abnormality) and critique some of the central ideas in many popular therapies (e.g., the idea in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy that mental health will be improved by changing the content of one’s thoughts). Their argument identifies language and our use of it as both one of the key reasons for humanity’s success and our inability to rid ourselves of many mental health issues. For a reflective practitioner or academic, the arguments presented will give the reader much food for thought.The second half of the book outlines the practice of ACT and as such illustrates the fist part. This sections is excellent in that even thought it uses language to describe ACT, it attempts to use the principles of ACT upon the reader and gives the reader examples to work though at the end of each chapter. Thus, the reader cannot emerge at the end of the book without having been changed by reading the book.The ability to critique current thinking in clinical psychology is not novel, but the ability to present an alternative is much more rare. Hayes and colleages have done so and have presented it in a way that will be accessible to practitioners and researchers from many different theoretical orientations. A challenging and thought-provoking book.   5.0 out of 5 stars Acceptance and Commitment Therapy:An Experiential Approach to Behaviour Change, September 8, 2005By Luana Morris “Luana” (Australia) – See all my reviewsA really good overview and also in depth approach to a new therapy that could well be the next CBT – easy to read and with some very clear examples and analogies. I recommend it to anyone that has found that CBT has some gaps in regards to recurrance and behaviour change.5.0 out of 5 stars Still the core ACT book, April 3, 2008By Jason L (Oregon) – See all my reviewsIn my opinion, this is still the core ACT book to read. This book is just packed with a wealth of information, insights, and novel approaches to clinical problems. There is no other ACT book written to date that matches this one in its scope, overview, and coherence in terms of explaining the ACT model and linking it to the basic behavioral principles with underlie the approach. Even though I’ve had this book for almost a decade, I still refer to it’s dogeared and underlined pages almost every week. If you are a therapist interested in ACT, this book should be in your hands.