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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466105703321

Autore

Turrell Sheri L.

Titolo

ACT for adolescents : treating teens and adolescents in individual and group therapy / / Sheri L. Turrell, PhD, Mary Bell, MSW, RSW

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, CA : , : Context Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-62625-358-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

616.89/15200835

Soggetti

Adolescent psychotherapy

Group psychotherapy for teenagers

Teenagers - Mental health - Treatment

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- PART 1. ACT Basics -- PART 2. Session 1:The Assessment -- Session 2: Creative Hopelessness -- Session 3: Identifying Values -- Session 4: Setting Goals: Putting Values into Action -- Session 5: Willingness and Allowing of Feelings -- Session 6: Defusing from Thoughts -- Session 7: Defusing from "Story" -- Session 8: Self-as-Context -- Session 9: Self-Compassion -- Session 10: Pulling It All Together.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this much-needed guide, a clinical psychologist and a social worker provide a flexible, ten-week protocol based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help adolescents overcome mental health hurdles and thrive.If you're a clinician working with adolescents, you understand the challenges this population faces. But sometimes it can be difficult to establish connection in therapy. To help, ACT for Adolescents offers the first effective professional protocol for facilitating ACT with adolescents in individual therapy, along with modifications for a group setting.In this book, you'll find invaluable strategies for connecting meaningfully with your client in session, while at the same time arriving quickly and safely to the clinical issues your



client is facing. You'll also find an overview of the core processes of ACT so you can introduce mindfulness into each session and help your client choose values-based action. Using the protocol outlined in this book, you'll be able to help your client overcome a number of mental health challenges from depression and anxiety to eating disorders and trauma.If you work with adolescent clients, the powerful and effective step-by-step exercises in this book are tailored especially for you. This is a must-have addition to your professional library.This book includes audio downloads"--