Name: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Related Problems
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Author: Robyn D. Walser; Darrah Westrup Phd; Steven C. Hayes
ISBN: 9781608823338

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Type

Physical Book

Publisher

New Harbinger

Author

Robyn D. Walser; Darrah Westrup Phd; Steven C. Hayes

Year

2007

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN

1608823334

ISBN13

9781608823338

Edition No.

Synopsis "Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Related Problems"

New Directions in the Treatment of PTSDAcceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) offers a promising, empirically validated approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma related problems. In this volume, you'll find a complete theoretical and practical guide to making this revolutionary new model work in your practice.After a quick overview of PTSD, the first part of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Related Problems explains the problem of experiential avoidance as it relates to trauma and explores the verbal nature of post-traumatic stress. You'll learn the importance of mindfulness and acceptance in the ACT model, find out how to structure sessions with your clients, and examine the problem of control. The section concludes by introducing you to the idea of creative hopelessness as the starting point for creating a new, workable life after trauma.The book's second section offers a practical, step-by-step clinical guide to the six core ACT components in chronological order:Creative hopelessnessThe problem of controlWillingness and defusionSelf-as-contextValued livingCommitted actionEach chapter explains how to introduce these topics to clients suffering from PTSD, illustrates each with case examples, and offers homework for your clients to use between sessions.