Main description:

Developed over decades of ongoing clinical research, acceptance-based behavioral therapy (ABBT) is a flexible framework with proven effectiveness for treating anxiety disorders and co-occurring problems. This authoritative guide provides a complete overview of ABBT along with practical guidelines for assessment, case formulation, and individualized intervention. Clinicians learn powerful ways to help clients reduce experiential avoidance; cultivate acceptance, self-compassion, and mindful awareness; and increase engagement in personally meaningful behaviors. Illustrated with vivid case material, the book includes 29 reproducible handouts and forms. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download printable copies of the reproducible materials and audio recordings of guided meditation practices. A separate website for clients includes the audio recordings only.

Contents:

I. Setting the Stage for Change
1. Overview of an Acceptance-Based Behavioral Model of Clinical Problems
2. Gathering Clinical Information to Prepare a Case Formulation
3. Sharing Case Formulation and Treatment Plan: Setting the Stage for Therapy
II. Cultivating Acceptance-Based Skills and Clarifying Values
4. The Therapeutic Relationship: A Context and a Mechanism for Change
5. Psychoeducation to Cultivate Acceptance
6. Mindfulness and Other Experiential Methods
7. Using ABBT Methods to Cultivate Self-Compassion
8. Articulating and Clarifying Personal Values
III. Putting It All Together: Promoting Mindful, Valued Action
9. Integrating the Three Goals of ABBT into Each Session
10. Working with Contextual Inequities and External Barriers to Values-Based Actions
11. Evaluating Progress, Relapse Prevention, and Ending Treatment
Appendix A: Measures That Can Be Used to Assess ABBT Model-Specific Processes
Appendix B: Mindfulness Exercises
Appendix C: A Model of Integration of Topics, Exercises, and Forms across Sessions
References
Index

List of Audio Tracks:
- Mindfulness of Breath (3 minutes)
- Mindfulness of Sounds (5 minutes)
- Mindfulness of Physical Sensations (3 minutes)
- Mindfulness-Based Progressive Muscle Relaxation: Instructions (11 minutes)
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation, 16 Muscle Group Exercise (37 minutes)
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation, 7 Muscle Group Exercise (19 minutes)
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation, 4 Muscle Group Exercise (13 minutes)
- Mindfulness of Emotions (5 minutes)
- Mindfulness of Emotions and Physical Sensations (6 minutes)
- Mindfulness of Clouds and Sky (7 minutes)
- Mountain Meditation (8 minutes)
- Inviting a Difficulty In and Working It through the Body (6 minutes)
- Your Personal Experience with Self-Compassion (4 minutes)
- Mindful Observation of Self-Critical Thoughts (4 minutes)