Acceptance & commitment therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder & trauma-related problems : a practitioner's guide to using mindfulness & acceptance strategies /
Acceptance and commitment therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma-related problems
Robyn D. Walser, Darrah Westrup.
- Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, c2007.
- ix, 255 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index.
Introduction -- Acceptance, mindfulness, and trauma : the problem of experiential avoidance and the verbal nature of trauma -- Mindfulness and acceptance -- Preparing to begin -- Creative hopelessness : finding the place where something new can happen -- Control as the problem : experiential avoidance and unworkable solutions -- Willingness -- Self-as-context -- Valued living -- Committed action -- Therapist and treatment considerations -- Clinical issues and assessment -- Conclusion : opening to vitality.
"Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) offers a promising, empirically validated approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma related problems."--BOOK JACKET.
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