The big book of ACT metaphors : a practitioner's guide to experiential exercises and metaphors in acceptance and commitment therapy / Jill A. Stoddard, PhD, and Niloofar Afari, PhD ; foreword by Steven C. Hayes.

"Metaphors and exercises play an incredibly important part in the successful delivery of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). These powerful tools go far in helping clients connect with their values and give them the motivation needed to make a real, conscious commitment to change. Unfortunately, many of the metaphors that clinicians use have become stale and ineffective. That's why you need fresh, new resources for your professional library. In this breakthrough book, two ACT researchers provide an essential A-Z resource guide that includes tons of new metaphors and experiential exercises to help promote client acceptance, defusion from troubling thoughts, and values-based action. The book also includes scripts tailored to different client populations, and special metaphors and exercises that address unique problems that may sometimes arise in your therapy sessions. Several ACT texts and workbooks have been published for the treatment of a variety of psychological problems. However, no one resource exists where you can find an exhaustive list of metaphors and experiential exercises geared toward the six core elements of ACT. Whether you are treating a client with anxiety, depression, trauma, or an eating disorder, this book will provide you with the skills needed to improve lives, one exercise at a time. With a special foreword by ACT cofounder Steven C. Hayes, PhD, this book is a must-have for any ACT Practitioner"-- Provided by publisher

"The use of metaphors is fundamental in the successful delivery of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), but for many ACT therapists, they often become over-used, stale, and less effective as time wears on. The Big Book of ACT Metaphors is an essential A-Z resource guide that includes new metaphors and experiential exercises to help promote client acceptance, defusion from troubling thoughts, and values-based action. The book also includes scripts tailored to different client populations. Whether treating a client with anxiety, depression, trauma, or an eating disorder, this book will provide mental health professionals with the skills needed to improve lives, one exercise at a time"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Overview of ACT -- Bypassing the traps of language with experiential practice / Matthieu Villatte, Jennifer L. Villatte, and Jean-Louis Monestès -- Acceptance and willingness / Pia S. Heppner -- Cognitive defusion -- Present-moment awareness / with Sheeva Mostoufi and Jessica Gundy Cuneo -- Self-as-context and perspective taking -- Values -- Committed action -- Bringing it all together -- Appendix A: Mindfulness diary / Jessica Gundy Cuneo -- Appendix B: Act thought record / Elizabeth Maher -- Appendix C: Music mindfulness and defusion handout / Levin Schwartz -- Appendix D: Values words / Nicole Rensenbrink -- Appendix E: The heroes exercise worksheet / Rob Archer -- Appendix F: Writing your autobiography worksheet / Mark Stern -- Appendix G: Values and committed action worksheet / Jill Stoddard -- Appendix H: The classroom professor graphics and worksheet / Jill Stoddard -- Appendix I: The bubble exercise graphics and worksheet / Nuno Ferreira -- Appendix J: Selected list of additional exercises and metaphors published elsewhere -- Appendix K: Rights and permissions.

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