There are many books, tapes, and other materials to help you learn more about ACT, RFT, Contextual Behavioral Science, and related topics such as mindfulness and other third wave interventions.
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There may seem like a lot of choices in some areas. And there are, which is a testament to how quickly the ACT/RFT/CBS work has grown. To help you consider your options, along with the materials listed in the pages below we often have posted additional information about it, including what you might expect in reading or using it as a training tool.
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ACT/RFT Books: General Purpose
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This is a step by step skills-training manual organized around key ACT processes and the same core skills and competencies developed as part of the trainer's list. Very practical, with a lot of transcript materials and self-assessment exercises. It comes with an included instructional DVD. Hard to imagine being an ACT clinician and not benefiting.
This is an edited version of the ACT listserv from July 2002 through August 2005. Compiled by a therapist, for therapists. This heavily indexed book functions well as a quick reference on a wide range of topics (acceptance, anxiety, behavior analysis, choice, clinical resources, contextualism,... and many many more). If you are an ACT geek, this is soooo cool.
This book shows how to do ACT with a variety of populations. Some of the areas covered now have entire books available, but many of them still do not. Also contains an excellent statement of core ACT competencies.
This book (combined with more general behavioral principles, see below for good books in that area) is the theoretical foundation of ACT. Usually not a good place to start, but sooner or later -- like a moth to a flame -- if you are an ACT clinician you will want to know RFT. Once you understand it language will never look the same and ACT will begin to seem much more coherent to you. Suggestion: do the RFT tutorial on this website first. Read chapters 1 to 8, not stopping when you do not understand. Then pause and re-read Chapter 8. Then re-read the whole book and now you can stop and try to figure out what you do not understand. Don't worry. You will survive it.
This is still the best overall statement of ACT. One of the first books to read if you are interested in ACT and whatever else you read, it will probably not make full sense until you master this book.
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ACT Books: Specific Populations
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Great therapist manual for ACT-based behavior therapy.
Client manual for ACT-based behavior therapy for hair pulling.
This book provides theory and empirical background, and a structured step-by-step, protocol for the assessment, conceptualization, and enhancement of human performance with a variety of high-performing clientele including executives, athletes, artists, and emergency/military personnel. The authors' MAC approach connects the more traditional scientific knowledge base on human performance and self-regulation to more contemporary findings from ACT and other acceptance-based behavioral interventions, meta-cognitive processes, and emotion regulation.
An excellent book from one of the founders of ACT on one of the most pervasive problems human beings face.
A practical and accessible yet theoretically complete approach to using ACT to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute trauma-related symptoms.
This was a special issue of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management that was bound into book form. Don't buy it expecting a smooth presentation of the applicability of ACT and RFT to organizational issues -- it is a collection of journal articles gather into a book. But it is still worthwhile if I/O is your area and you are wondering how ACT and RFT might apply.
Good introduction to ACT, and of course strong in anxiety. Contains a cool protocol that shows how to mix ACT processes from various points on the "hexaflex" into a brief therapy model for anxiety disorders.
Describes an ACT approach to chronic pain. Accessible and readable. Good exposition on how to do ACT values work.
Solid book by one of the masters of ACT for chronic pain.
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Self-Help and Life Enhancement Resources
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Below are the English language ACT and related self-help and life enhancement books published that you might find of interest, listed in order of year published. Click on the title of the book of interest for a detailed description of the book and information on how to order. Also, be sure to check out any additional resources available from the authors. Links to those materials are posted where available. If you are interested in self-help resources published in other languages, please click here.
Learn how to break the cycle of anxiety with the mindfulness and acceptance skills taught in this book to help you help your child find the confidence to enjoy being a kid.
This guide for couples is based on a simple concept: Act out of kindness, love, and acceptance, and you will open your relationship for the creation of greater kindness, love, and acceptance.
A simple guide to applying mindfulness and acceptance techniques to relieve depression.
A simple guide to applying mindfulness and acceptance techniques to coping with many forms of anxiety. The authors have been testing out the effectiveness of using this book with great results so far.
The second general purpose ACT self-help book, and quite simple to understand. Great for anyone just getting started applying ACT techniques to their lives and for professionals as an aid for therapy. Visit the companion website for additional resources.
A general resource for applying mindfulness techniques in your daily life.
A practical guide to apply the principles of ACT to help readers cope with the aftereffects of traumatic experience(s). Also useful to ACT therapists as some exercises in this book are unique and have broad relevance.
This book is written to help those who struggle with chronic worry, a prominent feature of Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Though ACT is not mentioned in the title, this book applies the principles of ACT to diabetes self-management.
This book uses ACT principles to help those suffering from chronic pain transcend the experience by reconnecting with other, more valued aspects of their lives.
This book adapts ACT principles to dealing with problem anger. It teaches readers how to change their relationship to anger by accepting rather than resisting angry feelings and learning to make values-based responses to provocation. It has been tested successfully in a small randomized trial.
Although not directly on ACT or mindfulness, this book for caregivers does include a significant emphasis on acceptance (the author is one of the early ACT therapists from the University of Nevada, Reno and studied with Steve Hayes).
The first self-help book, often an entrance into the ACT work. This book is readily available, and was designed to be useful for both the general public and can also be used as a treatment guide for beginning ACT clinicians. It has been tested successfully in large randomized trials, both alone or within ACT treatment protocols.
A self-help resource for those struggling with eating problems.
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Tapes & Other Materials
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This is a six hour, clinician-friendly audio course on ACT. You can get it as a CD. Good introduction to the model. A bit pricey and the audio is not always great during questions, but you get CEUs.
A set of six DVDs on the following topics: Facing the struggle; Control and acceptance; Cognitive defusion; Mindfulness, self, and contact with the present moment; Values and action; and Psychological flexibility. The tapes include several ACT therapists from around the world in addition to Steve, including Ann Bailey-Ciarrochi, JoAnne Dahl, Rainer Sonntag, Kirk Strosahl, Robyn Walser, Rikard Wicksell, and Kelly Wilson. As the marketing folks say: you've read the books, now see the movies.
'ACT In A Nutshell' is a unique ten week e-course for professionals, that helps you to deliver ACT simply, quickly and effectively, to just about anyone, anywhere. Life Beyond The Happiness Trap is a twelve week e-course, open to anyone and everyone, developed as a follow-on from The Happiness Trap. It will go over important ground from the book, and provide a variety of powerful self-development resources. There is a particular emphasis on developing self-acceptance and self-compassion.
These two CD's provide a variety of mindfulness practices. Each CD has 5 tracks as well as a booklet about mindfulness.
This is an e-learning program by Julian McNally hosted by RMIT University. The program comprises six sessions of between 15 and 50 minutes duration. Each session includes a conversational mini-lecture and several practical exercises.
A 100 minute video published by the APA of Steven Hayes conducting ACT with an actual client. Shows several aspects of the model in a single session, including some that are characteristic and distinct from other approaches. Good for training.
The Association for Behavior Analysis has a one hour DVD of a short talk by Georg Eifert on ACT for Anxiety Disorders. It doesn’t really show you at all how to do ACT, but does give a nice introduction to how ACT can be used for Anxiety.
This is a DVD of a tutorial given by Dermot Barnes-Holmes at the Association for Behavior Analysis conference. The presentation focuses on the main concepts of RFT and how they are currently being used to develop conceptual and empirical analyses of areas such as symbolic meaning, analogical reasoning, rule-governance, and implicit attitudes.
This is a DVD of a tutorial given by Bryan Roche at the Association for Behavior Analysis conference. The tutorial includes an outline of RFT and functional contextualism as well as a discussion of the application of RFT to a range of social issues.
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General Purpose Books on Contextual Behavioral Science
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It's a basic behavior analysis book for clinicians/ M.D.s/ psychiatrists/ etc. who haven't had training in BA. Goes all the way up to RFT. Nice.
This volume presents a contemporary behavioral model of behavior disorders that incorporates the findings of current RFT and ACT research. Rich in possibilities for clinical work, this view of disordered behavior is an important milestone in clinical psychotherapy - an opportunity for behavioral clinicians to reintegrate their clinical practice with an experimental analysis of behavior.
This is begins to show how you might scale these issues to the level of cultural practices. If the ACT model is correct, we either alter the prevalence of psychological inflexibility or we fail to help the human condition. You can do that one at a time, or in formal prevention efforts, but either way it is the same bottom line. No change in prevalence = failure. So we need to think about how to measure this and approach this wisely throughout the work we are doing.
If you get interested in the philosophical foundations of ACT, this will help you understand them.
Puts Skinner's work in context; links history/philosophy and the battles of minds as a background to RFT/ACT.
One of the first full-length presentations of the ACT / RFT model is in three chapters in this book on the topic. This book is now available in paperback from Context Press.
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Mindfulness or Third Generation CBT Books
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Shows how the work in acceptance and mindfulness is impacting the treatment of children and adolescents. Several ACT chapters; also includes DBT, MBCT, MBSR etc
This book discusses the conceptual foundation, implementation, and evidence base for the four best-researched mindfulness treatments: mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). All chapters were written by researchers with extensive clinical experience. Each chapter includes the conceptual rationale for using a mindfulness-based treatment and a review of the relevant evidence base.
Includes conceptual and practical applications of ACT and other third-wave therapies to the anxiety disorders, with chapters covering ACT, DBT skills, and MBSR, as well as specific anxiety disorders, anxiety in children and basic research in anxiety and acceptance.
Meet most of the major approaches in the third wave. Shows that ACT is not alone. Lots of good ideas for expanding your clinical work inside a third wave model. More theoretical though than immediately practical.
Situates ACT, Behavioral Activation, and other approaches in clinical behavior analysis. That is the tradition where this work comes from.
The first comprehensive third wave book. It carved out the domain we are now busy filling. Still relevant, despite its age.
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Translated ACT Books Organized by Language Community (see below for list by English title)
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Chinese
Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., & Linehan, M. M. (2004) (Eds.). Mindfulness and acceptance: Expanding the cognitive behavioral tradition. New York: Guilford Press.
- There is a Chinese translation in press
Danish
Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Danish translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2008). Slip tanketyrraniet – tag fat på livet. (Trans. T. Bøgeskov). Copenhagen: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag.
Dutch
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. & Wilson, K. G. (1999). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. New York: Guilford Press.
- Dutch translation: Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2006). ACT. Een experiëntiële weg naar gedragsverandering. Nederlandse bewerking (trans. By Ando Rokx). ISBN 90 265 1758 0 Verschijnt zomer 2006 Prijs: C.a. € 50, -
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Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., & Linehan, M. M. (2004) (Eds.). Mindfulness and acceptance: Expanding the cognitive behavioral tradition. New York: Guilford Press.
- Dutch translation: Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., & Linehan, M. M. (Eds.). (2006). Mindfullnes en acceptatie. De derde generatie gedragstherapie . (Trans. By Ando Rokx). Nederlandse bewerking. ISBN 90 265 1759 9 Verschijnt zomer 2006 Prijs: C.a. € 50, -
Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Dutch translation: Hayes, S. C., Smith, S. (2006). Uit je hoofd, in het leven. Een werkboek voor een waardevol leven met mindfulness en Acceptatie en Commitment Therapie. (Trans. A. Rokx). Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Nieuwezijds.
Eifert, G. H., McKay, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2006). Act on life not on anger: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy guide to problem anger. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Dutch translation: Eifert, G. H., Forsyth, J., & McKay, M. (2006). Boosheid de bass: ACT: een nieuwe methode om ergernis en frustratie in de hand te houden. The Netherlands: Thema.
Finnish
Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Finnish translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2008). Vapaudu mielesi vallasta ja ala elää. (Trans. Päivi and Raimo Lappalainen). Tampere, Finland: Suomen Käyttäytymistieteellinen.
French
Harris, R. (2008). The Happiness Trap: How to stop struggling and start living. Boston, MA: Trumpeter.
- French translation (2009): Le piège du bonheur. Montréal : Éditions de
l’Homme.
German
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. & Wilson, K. G. (1999). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. New York: Guilford Press.
- German translation: Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2004). Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie: Ein erlebnisorientierter Ansatz zur Verhaltensänderung. München: CIP-Medien. (transl. by Rainer F. Sonntag & Danielle Tittelbach)
Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- German translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2007). In abstand zur inneren wortmaschine: Ein selbsthilfe- und therapiebegleitbuch aud der grundlage der Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie. (Trans. G. Kluger). Tübingen, Germany: dgvt-Verlag.
Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. D. (2007). Learning ACT: An Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Skills-Training Manual for Therapists. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger & Reno, NV: Context Press.
- German translation (2009): ACT-Training. Reihe Fachbuch, ACT für die klinische Praxis; Acceptance & Commitment Therapie: ein Handbuch. Ein Lernprogramm in zehn Schritten. Translators:Theo Kierdorf, Hildegard Höhr. (ISBN: 978-3-873877-00-9).
Italian
Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Italian translation (2010): Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2010). Smetti di Soffrire, Inizia a Vivere. (ed. IT P. Moderato trans. ACT-Italia) Milano: Franco-Angeli.
Visit the ACT-Italia site for information on how to purchase this book. Translators: Ilaria Balasini, Sara Borelli, Katia Covati Katia Manduchi, Giovambattista Presti, Anna Bianca Prevedini, Elisa Rabitti, Massimo Ronchei, Francesca Scaglia, Giovanni Zucchi, Silverio Zucchi, Giovanni Miselli.
Korean
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. & Wilson, K. G. (1999). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. New York: Guilford Press.
- Korean translation: Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2009). 수용과 참여의 심리치료. Sigmapress (translated by Moon, S-W & Kim, E.). Click here to buy this book.
Hayes, S. C., & Strosahl, K. D. (2004) (Eds.). A practical guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. New York: Springer-Verlag.
- There is a Korean translation in press from Hakjisa Publisher
Spanish
Harris, R. (2008). The Happiness Trap: How to stop struggling and start living. Boston, MA: Trumpeter.
- Spanish translation (2008): Las Trampas De La Felicidad. Grupo Editorial Patria.
Japanese
Bach, P., & Moran, D. (2008). ACT in practice: Case conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Japanese translation (2009): ACT wo jissenn-suru. (Trans. T. Muto, M. Yoshioka, K. Ishikawa, & A. Kumano) Tokyo: Seiwa-shoten. www.seiwa-pb.co.jp/
Ramnero, J., & Torneke, N. (2008). ABCs of human behavior: Behavioral principles for the practicing clinician. Oakland, CA: Context Press / New Harbinger.
- Japanese translation (2009): Rinshou-koudou-bunnseki no ABC. (Trans. T. Muto, N. Yoneyama, & J. Tanaka-Matsumi) Tokyo: Nihon-Hyoron-sha. www.nippyo.co.jp
Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. D. (2007). Learning ACT: An Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Skills-Training Manual for Therapists. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger & Reno, NV: Context Press.
- Japanese translation (2009): ACT wo manabu. (Trans. H. Kumano, F. Takahashi, & T. Muto) Tokyo: Seiwa-shoten. www.seiwa-pb.co.jp
Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Japanese translation (2008): Anata no Jinsei wo Hajimeru tameno Workbook: Kokoro tono Atarashii Tsukiai kata, Acceptance and Commitment (Trans. T. Muto, H. Harai, M. Yoshioka, & M. Okajima). Tokyo: Brain Shuppan. www.brain-shuppan.co.jp
Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., & Linehan, M. M. (2004) (Eds.). Mindfulness and acceptance: Expanding the cognitive behavioral tradition. New York: Guilford Press.
- Japanese translation (2005): Maindofurunesu ando akuseputansu; Ninchikodo-ryoho no shinjigen. (Trans. by Y. Haruki, T. Muto, Y. Ito, & Y. Sugiura). Tokyo: Brain-shuppan. www.brain-shuppan.co.jp
Swedish
Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Swedish translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2007). Sluta grubbla Borja leva. (Trans. A. Ghaderi). Stockholm: Natur och Kultur.
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Translated ACT Books by English Title
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Translations of Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. & Wilson, K. G. (1999). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change. New York: Guilford Press.
- German translation: Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2004). Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie: Ein erlebnisorientierter Ansatz zur Verhaltensänderung. München: CIP-Medien. (transl. by Rainer F. Sonntag & Danielle Tittelbach)
- Dutch translation: Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2006). ACT. Een experiëntiële weg naar gedragsverandering. Nederlandse bewerking (trans. By Ando Rokx). ISBN 90 265 1758 0 Verschijnt zomer 2006 Prijs: C.a. € 50, -
- Korean translation: Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2009). 수용과 참여의 심리치료. Sigmapress (translated by Moon, S-W & Kim, E.). Click here to buy this book.
Translations of Hayes, S. C., & Strosahl, K. D. (2004) (Eds.). A practical guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. New York: Springer-Verlag.
- There is a Korean translation in press from Hakjisa Publisher
Translations of Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., & Linehan, M. M. (2004) (Eds.). Mindfulness and acceptance: Expanding the cognitive behavioral tradition. New York: Guilford Press.
- Dutch translation: Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., & Linehan, M. M. (Eds.). (2006). Mindfullnes en acceptatie. De derde generatie gedragstherapie . (Trans. By Ando Rokx). Nederlandse bewerking. ISBN 90 265 1759 9 Verschijnt zomer 2006 Prijs: C.a. € 50, -
- Japanese translation: Hayes, S. C., Follette, V. M., & Linehan, M. M. (2005.) Maindofurunesu ando akuseputansu; Ninchikodo-ryoho no shinjigen. (Trans. by Y. Haruki, T. Muto, Y. Ito, & Y. Sugiura). Tokyo: Brain-shuppan. www.brain-shuppan.co.jp
Translations of Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Danish translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2008). Slip tanketyrraniet – tag fat på livet. (Trans. T. Bøgeskov). Copenhagen: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag.
- Dutch translation: Hayes, S. C., Smith, S. (2006). Uit je hoofd, in het leven. Een werkboek voor een waardevol leven met mindfulness en Acceptatie en Commitment Therapie. (Trans. A. Rokx). Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Nieuwezijds.
- Finnish translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2008). Vapaudu mielesi vallasta ja ala elää. (Trans. Päivi and Raimo Lappalainen). Tampere, Finland: Suomen Käyttäytymistieteellinen.
- German translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2007). In abstand zur inneren wortmaschine: Ein selbsthilfe- und therapiebegleitbuch aud der grundlage der Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie. (Trans. G. Kluger). Tübingen, Germany: dgvt-Verlag.
- Italian translation (2010): Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2010). Smetti di Soffrire, Inizia a Vivere. (ed. IT P. Moderato trans. ACT-Italia) Milano: Franco-Angeli. www.act-italia.org
- Japanese translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2008). Anata no Jinsei wo Hajimeru tameno Workbook: Kokoro tono Atarashii Tsukiai kata, Acceptance and Commitment (Trans. T. Muto, H. Harai, M. Yoshioka, & M. Okajima). Tokyo: Brain Shuppan. www.brain-shuppan.co.jp
- Swedish translation: Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2007). Sluta grubbla Borja leva. (Trans. A. Ghaderi). Stockholm: Natur och Kultur.
Translation of Eifert, G. H., McKay, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2006). Act on life not on anger: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy guide to problem anger. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Dutch translation: Eifert, G. H., Forsyth, J., & McKay, M. (2006). Boosheid de bass: ACT: een nieuwe methode om ergernis en frustratie in de hand te houden. The Netherlands: Thema.
Translation of Harris, R. (2008). The Happiness Trap: How to stop struggling and start living. Boston, MA: Trumpeter.
- Spanish translation (2008): Las Trampas De La Felicidad. Grupo Editorial Patria.
Translations of Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. D. (2007). Learning ACT: An Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Skills-Training Manual for Therapists. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger & Reno, NV: Context Press.
- German translation (2009): ACT-Training. Reihe Fachbuch, ACT für die klinische Praxis; Acceptance & Commitment Therapie: ein Handbuch. Ein Lernprogramm in zehn Schritten. Translators:Theo Kierdorf, Hildegard Höhr. (ISBN: 978-3-873877-00-9).
- Japanese translation (2009): ACT wo manabu. (Trans. H. Kumano, F. Takahashi, & T. Muto) Tokyo: Seiwa-shoten.
www.seiwa-pb.co.jp
Translation of Bach, P., & Moran, D. (2008). ACT in practice: Case conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
- Japanese translation (2009): ACT wo jissenn-suru. (Trans. T. Muto, M. Yoshioka, K. Ishikawa, & A. Kumano) Tokyo: Seiwa-shoten. www.seiwa-pb.co.jp
Translation of Ramnero, J., & Torneke, N. (2008). ABCs of human behavior: Behavioral principles for the practicing clinician. Oakland, CA: Context Press / New Harbinger.
- Japanese translation (2009): Rinshou-koudou-bunnseki no ABC. (Trans. T. Muto, N. Yoneyama, & J. Tanaka-Matsumi) Tokyo: Nihon-Hyoron-sha.
www.nippyo.co.jp
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Original Non-English ACT Books
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Dutch
An original edited volume about ACT.
An ACT-related book in Dutch. Some discussion among Dutch ACT folks about the line between ACT and Cognitive Therapy in this book, but it is not possible to make such discriminations from outside of a language community. The book definitely puts a number of ACT concepts forward for consideration.
Finnish
An ACT clinical manual in Finnish.
German
An original German, ACT-based self-help book. Very good buzz about this book by ACT experts.
Spanish
An original ACT book in Spanish with a series of very creative sinlge case studies.
An original edited ACT book in Spanish.
An original ACT book in Spanish by two well known ACT authors.
An ACT book dedicated to stuttering and its psychological treatment.
An ACT self help book with 4 audio CDs with lots of exercises.
French
Le premier livre sur l'ACT en français. C'est un ouvrage de bibliothérapie qui se base en partie sur le modèle I-view de Kevin Polk et Jerold Hambright. S'il vous plaît visiter fairefacealasouffrance.com.
This is the first book on ACT in French. It is a self-help book somewhat based on Kevin Polk and Jerold Hambright's I-view. Also visit fairefacealasouffrance.com.
Nos souvenirs, particulièrement les plus douloureux, nous incitent à la lutte pour éviter leur réapparition. Ce livre sur la mémoire développe de nombreux concepts de l’ACT et les applique aux souvenirs des événements que nous aurions préféré ne pas vivre.
It is our natural tendency to struggle when we are confronted to hurting memories. We would prefer to erase them if we could. This book on memory uses ACT concepts to deal with memories of events we would rather not have lived.
Darwin nous a appris comment l’évolution avait façonné notre espèce. Mais sa théorie peut aussi être utile à chacun d’entre nous au quotidien !
Cet ouvrage explique comment les mécanismes naturels qui ont fait leur preuve pour l’espèce humaine peuvent aider chacun de nous à évoluer dans sa vie : nous pouvons favoriser une sélection de nos comportements, et ne plus laisser le hasard gérer notre destin.
Il propose de nombreux outils pratiques fondés sur la thérapie d’acceptation et d’engagement et les thérapies cognitives et comportementales : dépasser les obstacles au changement, créer de la variation, développer sa curiosité au monde, mais aussi, quand il le faut, accepter les choses comme elles viennent, ne rien changer, cesser de vouloir contrôler l’incontrôlable….
Un « darwinisme personnel » pour faciliter votre propre évolution !
This book presents a selectionist approach of behaviors. It proposes advice and tools to commit in direction of values and to walk through acceptance, by using concepts from Darwinism and ACT.
Japanese
Title translation: Special volume: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Find it at www.seiwa-pb.co.jp.
Title translation: The “Pursuit of myself” project in 21 century: Breaking the prison of conceptualized myself. Find it at www.samgha.com.jp.
Title translation: Some contexts of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Mindfulness in Clinical Behavior Analysis. Find it at www.brain-shuppan.co.jp.
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RFT-Directed Intervention
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Derived Relational Responding offers a series of revolutionary intervention programs for applied work in human language and cognition targeted at students with autism and other developmental disabilities. It presents a program drawn from derived stimulus relations that you can use to help students of all ages acquire foundational and advanced verbal, social, and cognitive skills. The first part of Derived Relational Responding provides step-by-step instructions for helping students learn relationally, acquire rudimentary verbal operants, and develop other basic language skills. In the second section of this book, you'll find ways to enhance students' receptive and expressive repertoires by developing their ability to read, spell, construct sentences, and use grammar. Finally, you'll find out how to teach students to apply the skills they've learned to higher order cognitive and social functions, including perspective-taking, empathy, mathematical reasoning, intelligence, and creativity. This applied behavior analytic training approach will help students make many substantial and lasting gains in language and cognition not possible with traditional interventions.
- Ramnero, J., & Törneke, N. (2008). ABCs of human behavior: Behavioral principles for the practicing clinician. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger & Reno, NV: Context Press.
The ABCs of Human Behavior offers the practicing clinician a solid and practical introduction to the basics of modern behavioral psychology. The book focuses both on the classical principles of learning as well as more recent developments that explain language and cognition in behavioral and contextual terms. These principles are not just discussed in the abstract—rather the book shows how the principles of learning apply in a clinical context. Practical and easy to read, the book walks you through both common sense and clinical examples that will help you use behavioral principles to observe, explain, and influence behavior in a therapeutic setting.
- Miltenberger, R.G., (2008). Behavior modification: Principles and procedures (4th Ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
- Woods, D. W., & Kanter, J. W. (Eds.). (2007). Understanding behavior disorders: A contemporary behavioral perspective. Reno, NV: Context Press.
This volume presents a contemporary behavioral model of behavior disorders that incorporates the findings of current RFT and ACT research. Rich in possibilities for clinical work, this view of disordered behavior is an important milestone in clinical psychotherapy - an opportunity for behavioral clinicians to reintegrate their clinical practice with an experimental analysis of behavior.
- Cooper, J.O., Heron, T.E. & Heward, W.L. (2007). Applied Behavior Analysis (2nd Edition). Prentice Hall.
This book is great resource to get you ready for the BCBA exam and to understand basic principals.
- Baum, W. M. (2004). Understanding Behaviorism: Behavior, Culture, and Evolution (2nd edition). Wiley-Blackwell.
- Pierce, W.D. & Cheney, C.D. (2003). Behavior Analysis and Learning, 3rd edition.Lawrence Erlbaum.
The "focus on research" and "on the applied side" sections in various chapters add an excellent generalization of concepts into interesting areas. There is a section on Bandura and the Bobo doll, review of Sidman's comments on coercion, review of the intrinsic/extrinsic reinforcement debates, a creativity section, respondent conditioning and heroin overdose, medical conditioning, and much more.
- Baldwin, J.D. & Baldwin, J.I. (2000). Behavior Principles in Everyday Life (4th Edition). Prentice Hall.
Really accessible account of behavioral principles. Great accompaniment to ABCs of Human Behavior.
- Dougher, M. J. (Ed.). (2009). Clinical Behavior Analysis. Reno, NV: Context Press.
- Chiesa, M. (1994). Radical Behaviorism: The philosophy and science. Cambridge Center.
- Leigland, S. (1992). Radical behaviorism: Willard Day on psychology and philosophy. Reno, NV: Context Press.
Puts Skinner's work in context; links history/philosophy and the battles of minds as a background to RFT/ACT.
- Catania, C. (1992). Learning. Prentice Hall.
- Hayes, S. C. (Ed.). (1989/2004). Rule Governed behavior: Cognition, contingencies, and instructional control. New York: Plenum / reprinted in 2004 by Context Press.
One of the first full-length presentations of the ACT / RFT model is in three chapters in this book on the topic. This book is now available in paperback from Context Press.
- Skinner, B.F. (1965). Science and Human Behavior. Free Press.
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Original Non-English Self-Help Books
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French
Le premier livre sur l'ACT en français. C'est un ouvrage de bibliothérapie qui se base en partie sur le modèle I-view de Kevin Polk et Jerold Hambright. S'il vous plaît visiter fairefacealasouffrance.com.
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This is a translation of the English edition The Happiness Trap.
German
Spanish
An ACT self help book with 4 audio CDs with lots of exercises.
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Translations of ACT Self-Help Books
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Translations of Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Translation of Harris, R. (2008). The Happiness Trap: How to stop struggling and start living. Boston, MA: Trumpeter.
Translations of Eifert, G. H., McKay, M., & Forsyth, J. P. (2006). ACT on life not on anger: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy guide to problem anger. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.