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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457913403321

Autore

Hayes Steven C

Titolo

Get out of your mind & into your life [[electronic resource] ] : the new acceptance & commitment therapy / / Steven C. Hayes with Spencer Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, CA, : New Harbinger Publications, c2005

ISBN

1-282-25904-0

9786612259043

1-57224-757-6

1-60882-143-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

A new Harbinger self-help workbook

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithSpencer Xavier

Disciplina

616.89/142

Soggetti

Acceptance and commitment therapy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Chapter 10""; ""Chapter 11""; ""Chapter 12""; ""Chapter 13""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""

Sommario/riassunto

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a new approach to psychotherapy that rethinks even our most basic assumptions of mental well-being. Starting with the assumption that the normal condition of human existence is suffering and struggle, ACT works by first encouraging individuals to accept their lives as they are in the here and now. This acceptance is an antidote to the problem of avoidance, which ACT views as among the greatest risk factors for unnecessary suffering and poor mental health. The process of ACT includes help for individuals to identify a set of core values, a personal set