ACT for depression : a clinician's guide to using acceptance & commitment therapy in treating depression / Robert D. Zettle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zettle, Robert D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Depression, Mental--Treatment.

Depression, Mental.

Acceptance and commitment therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, Calif. : New Harbinger Publications, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

ACT for Depression adapts the research-proven techniques of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) into a powerful set of conceptualization, assessment, and treatment techniques clinicians can use to help clients with depression, the second-most common mental health condition.

Contents:

CHAPTER 1; What Is ACT for Depression and What Makes It Unique?; Purpose of This Book; Overview of ACT; Relational Frame Theory and ACT; The Goal of ACT: Psychological Flexibility; The "Dark Side" of Human Language; The "Light Side" of Human Language; What Makes ACT Unique?; CHAPTER 2; What Makes Depression So Depressing?; A Primary Pathway to Depression; Unipolar Depression Within DSM-IV; Alternative Pathways to Depression; CHAPTER 3; Pathogenic Processes in Depression; Psychological Flexibility vs. Inflexibility; Types of Psychological Inflexibility

Processes Involving Defusion and AcceptanceProcesses Involving Commitment and Behavior Change; Common Processes Involving Mindfulness and Self as Context; CHAPTER 4; Assessment of Core Processes; An ACT Approach to Assessment; The Starting Point: The Client's Life Story; Experiential Avoidance and Creative Hopelessness; Valuing; Committed Action; Fusion; Three Senses of "Self"; CHAPTER 5; Case Formulation and Conceptualization; Guidelines for Information Processing; Presenting Problem Analysis; Identification of Avoided Content; Analysis of Experiential Control Strategies

Motivational AnalysisAnalysis of Environmental Barriers; Factors Contributing to Psychological Inflexibility; Targeting of Core Processes; Identification of Client Strengths; Formulation of the Treatment Plan; Strategic vs. Technical Dimensions of ACT; CHAPTER 6; Interventions for Promoting Defusion and Acceptance; Nature of Defusion and Acceptance; Promoting Defusion; Promoting Acceptance; CHAPTER 7; Interventions for Promoting Commitment and Behavior Change; Valuing and Pathways to Depression; Direct Means of Value Assessment and Identification; Values Clarification

Indirect Means of Value Assessment and IdentificationValues Conflicts; Goal Setting; Committed Action; Barriers to Committed Action; CHAPTER 8; Interventions for Promoting Contact with the Present Moment and Self as Context; Increasing Contact with the Present Moment; Considerations in Promoting Mindfulness; Presenting Mindfulness Interventions Progressively; Promoting Self as Context; CHAPTER 9; Putting It All Together: A Sample Twelve-Session Protocol; Pretreatment Issues; Session 1; Session 2; Session 3; Session 4; Session 5; Session 6; Session 7; Session 8; Sessions 9-11; Session 12

CHAPTER 10Additional Issues and Concerns; Managing Challenging Client Behavior; Concurrent Clinical Issues; Ethical Considerations; CHAPTER 11; Wrapping It Up; ACT as a Paradigmatic Approach; Looking Backward; Looking Forward; APPENDIX A; ACT Initial Case Conceptualization Form; APPENDIX B; Taking Inventory; APPENDIX C; Reasons for Depression Exercise; APPENDIX D; Writing Your Life Story; APPENDIX E; Personal Values Questionnaire (PVQ); APPENDIX F; Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ); APPENDIX G; Goals-Action Form; APPENDIX H; Mindfulness Exercise Diary; APPENDIX I; Breathing Mindfully Exercise

APPENDIX J

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781608826285

1608826287

9781572249400

1572249404

OCLC:

763156907