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Author Dahl, JoAnne, 1951-

Title The Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy : Helping Clients Discover, Explore, and Commit to Valued Action Using Acceptance and Commitment Thera
Published Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (383 pages)
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. An Introduction to Values in ACT; Philosophical Assumptions; Behavior Analysis and Values; ACT, Values, and Modern Psychotherapy; Summary; 2. ACT and RFT; Relational Frame Theory; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Summary; 3. Fusion and Potential Language Traps; Uncovering the Problem: The Effects of Fusion; Language Trap 1: Fusion with the Conceptualized Self; Language Trap 2: Fusion with Thoughts About Feelings; Language Trap 3: Fusion with the Verbal Constructions of Reasons and Rules; Language Trap 4: Fusion with Outcome; Summary
4. The Process of Valuing in ACTStep 1: Identifying Core Values; Step 2: Looking at the Function of Behavior; Step 3: Choosing Goals in Service of Values; Step 4: Evaluating Choices and Creating Patterns of Action; Summary; 5. Compassion and the Therapeutic Relationship; Compassion for Self: A Prerequisite; The Role of Values in the Therapeutic Relationship; The Therapeutic Process: History Meets History; Improving the Therapeutic Relationship; A Declaration of Therapist Values; When Client and Therapist Values Clash; Summary; 6. Values-Based Case Conceptualization and Assessment
Values and Common Presenting ProblemsEstablishing the Life Line: An Experiential Metaphor; Case Conceptualization Summary; Assessing Your Client's Values Using the Bull's-Eye; Therapeutic Pitfalls When Using Values Assessments; Creating the Context for Committing to a Valued Path; Summary; 7. ACT Core Processes and Values; Defusion: Letting Go of Literality; Present Moment Awareness: Cultivating Openness to Experience; Cultivating Self-as-Context: The Self That Transcends Experiences; Acceptance and Willingness: Living a Valued Life When Psychological Pain Is Present; Summary
8. Developing and Maintaining Committed ActionFlexibility: A Key Element in Valued Actions; Trying On a Value; What Maintains Values?; Stimulating Committed Action Using the Bull's-Eye Worksheet; Staying on a Valued Track in Therapy; Developing Valued Action Plans with Your Clients; Summary; 9. The Values Compass; The Values Compass: Creating a Course for Therapy; Using the Values Compass at the Start of Therapy; Applying the Values Compass Midtherapy; Applying the Values Compass Near the End of Therapy; Living in Accordance with Values: Some Important Issues; Summary; References
Summary The Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy shows therapists how to help their clients discover and commit to their core values, a key process in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). The book also presents the theory and research behind valuing in psychotherapy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Acceptance and commitment therapy.
Values.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Social values.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -- methods
Adaptation, Psychological
Social Values
Social values
Adaptability (Psychology)
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Values
Form Electronic book
Author Lundgren, Tobias
Plumb Vilardaga, Jennifer C. (Jennifer Carolyn), 1979-
Stewart, Ian, 1971-
ISBN 9781572246263
157224626X
9781608822973
1608822974