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“Addresses a new set of behavior therapies developed over ten years. The book covers nontraditional themes such as mindfulness, acceptance, values, spirituality, being in a relationship, focusing on the present moment, and emotional deepening....Novice readers can learn some basic techniques that are part of the ACT model....The book includes chapters for using ACT for specific purposes....I enjoyed reading the book. I really recommend it.”

—Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter


“This excellent book provides a very readable overview of how the 'third wave' behavioral and cognitive therapies such as ACT, MBCT, and DBT are integrating the concepts of mindfulness, acceptance, the therapeutic relationship, values, spirituality, and meditation into a clinical practice....Heaving utilized some of the ideas with current clients, I would highly recommend this inspiring book to other clinicians as an aid to reflecting on their clinical practice. It is both a readable overview and a useful reference text of clinical wisdom and advances in research.”

—Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling, and Psychotherapy


“Hayes et al. have produced a collection of applied research articles filled with golden nuggets of insights, research, and practice applications for a variety of common clinical issues. These scientist-practitioners continue to demonstrate that their variations of acceptance and change-based strategies have influenced in significant ways not only the traditional cognitive-behavioral based therapeutic traditions but have also—and most importantly—improved the quality of their client's lives.”

—Journal of Marital and Family Therapy


“The use of acceptance and mindfulness is presented...by an impressive array of authors and researchers in numerous domains including the treatment of refractory depression, trauma, generalized anxiety disorder, eating disorders, alcohol and drug use disorders, and couples therapy.”

—Journal of Trauma Practice


“An excellent introduction.”

—PsycCRITIQUES


“This volume would make an excellent text for a graduate level seminar on CBT and a valued addition to the bookshelf of many practitioners regardless of their theoretical persuasion.”

—Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic


“This is an outstanding and potentially pivotal book, a unique series of therapeutic techniques emphasizing mindfulness, acceptance, values, spirituality, meditations, emotional deepening, focus on the present with an emphasis on the emerging therapeutic relationship....Hayes, Follette, and Linehan have recruited an impressive list of cutting-edge researchers and practitioners to provide an overview of the current state-of-the-art in what is being termed third generation behavior therapy....Any graduate doctorate program in psychology with a behavioral orientation wishing to insure contact with up-to-date thinking would need this book as part of its coursework. This book will be valuable to both starting therapists and those who have been in practice for many years....This book is highly valuable....The concepts and procedures developed are easily adapted to a child and adolescent population....Given the excitement within its pages and the profound impact it may have, it may represent one of the best values in books available today.”

—Child & Family Behavior Therapy


“The book is a well-organized, visionary, and pragmatic presentation of multiple new concepts....This book is one not only to read but also to keep on the shelf for reopening by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health clinicians who treat, teach, and just enjoy a good adventure of expanding the mind.”

—Psychiatric Services


“...a rich resource for surveying the theoretical and clinical implications of third-wave behavior therapies....A strength of this volume lies in the compilation of related theoretical models that appear to challenge our thinking about contemporary clinical science and practice.”

—The Behavior Therapist


“One of the most important treatment developments in recent years has been the theoretical and empirical elaboration of mindfulness and acceptance into evidence-based cognitive-behavioral protocols. Books on this topic, however, have typically focused either on general theory or on clinical applications to narrow segments of psychopathology. Now Hayes, Follette, and Linehan—three of the most creative thinkers in this area—have produced a volume surveying the current status of these new intervention strategies across the wide spectrum of psychopathology. Anyone seeking to remain up to date on the applications of these exciting new procedures with a variety of client problems will want to have this book close at hand.”

—David H. Barlow, PhD, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders and Department of Psychology, Boston University


“Some of today's most innovative scientist-practitioners provide an in-depth examination of the many ways that the concepts of mindfulness and acceptance are being integrated into cognitive-behavioral therapy, which hitherto has had little systematic contact with experiential therapies and Eastern philosophies. This book will be of interest to all mental health professionals concerned with enhancing therapeutic change in their patients and with furthering their own personal development. Provocative and at times very wise, this is 'must' reading for researchers and clinicians alike, inviting critical consideration of new and promising ideas and procedures. It is an appropriate text for graduate-level courses in psychotherapy, particularly within clinical psychology programs, and would serve as an excellent basis for a special-topic seminar on mindfulness and acceptance therapies.”

—Gerald C. Davison, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California

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Table of Contents

1. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the New Behavior Therapies: Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Relationship, Steven C. Hayes

2. Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Synthesizing Radical Acceptance with Skillful Means, Clive J. Robins, Henry Schmidt III, and Marsha M. Linehan

3. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Theoretical Rationale and Empirical Status, Zindel V. Segal, John D. Teasdale, and J. Mark G. Williams

4. Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Comparisons, Contrasts, and Application to Anxiety, Susan M. Orsillo, Lizabeth Roemer, Jennifer Block Lerner, and Matthew T. Tull

5. Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Therapy, and Acceptance, Robert J. Kohlenberg, Jonathan W. Kanter, Madelon Bolling, Reo Wexner, Chauncey Parker, and Mavis Tsai

6. Values Work in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Setting a Course for Behavioral Treatment, Kelly G. Wilson and Amy R. Murrell

7. Finding the Action in Behavioral Activation: The Search for Empirically Supported Interventions and Mechanisms of Change, Christopher Martell, Michael Addis, and Sona Dimidjian

8. Mindfulness, Acceptance, Validation, and "Individual" Psychopathology in Couples, Alan E. Fruzzetti and Kate M. Iverson

9. Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Trauma, Victoria M. Follette, Kathleen M. Palm, and Mandra L. Rasmussen Hall

10. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Bringing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy into the Valued Present, T. D. Borkovec and Brian Sharpless

11. Acceptance and Change in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: The Evolution of Manual-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, G. Terence Wilson

12. Vipassana Meditation as a Treatment for Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders, G. Alan Marlatt, Katie Witkiewitz, Tiara M. Dillworth, Sarah W. Bowen, George A. Parks, Laura Marie Macpherson, Heather S. Lonczak, Mary E. Larimer, Tracy Simpson, Arthur W. Blume, and Rick Crutcher

13. Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Change in Couple Therapy, Andrew Christensen, Mia Sevier, Lorelei E. Simpson, and Krista S. Gattis

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About the Editors

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada and a codeveloper of acceptance and commitment therapy. His career has focused on the analysis of the nature of human language and cognition and its application to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering. He has served as president of multiple scientific and professional organizations, including the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. His work has been recognized by the Award for Impact of Science on Application from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ABCT, among other awards. The author of 41 books and over 575 scientific articles, Dr. Hayes has focused on understanding human language and cognition and applying this understanding to the alleviation of human suffering and the promotion of human welfare. He is coauthor of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition.

• Author's website
• All titles by Steven C. Hayes

Victoria M. Follette, PhD, is Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. She heads the Trauma Research Institute of Nevada, using a contextual behavioral approach to understanding the sequelae of trauma. Her areas of interest include taking science into applied treatment and mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches to treatment.

• Author's website
• All titles by Victoria M. Follette

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Director Emeritus of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. Her primary research interest is in the development and evaluation of evidence-based treatments for populations with high suicide risk and multiple, severe mental disorders. Dr. Linehan's contributions to suicide research and clinical psychology research have been recognized with numerous awards, including the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology and the Career/Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. She is also a recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation and the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science. In her honor, the American Association of Suicidology created the Marsha Linehan Award for Outstanding Research in the Treatment of Suicidal Behavior. She is a Zen master.

• Author's website
• All titles by Marsha M. Linehan

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Contributors

Michael Addis, PhD, Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Arthur W. Blume, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

Madelon Bolling, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

T. D. Borkovec, PhD, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Sarah W. Bowen, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Andrew Christensen, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California

Rick Crutcher, BA, Northwest Vipassana Center, Ethel, Washington

Tiara M. Dillworth, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Sona Dimidjian, MSW, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Victoria M. Follette, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

Krista S. Gattis, MA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

Mandra L. Rasmussen Hall, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

Kate M. Iverson, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

Jonathan W. Kanter, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Robert J. Kohlenberg, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Mary E. Larimer, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Jennifer Block Lerner, PhD, Department of Psychology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Heather S. Lonczak, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Laura Marie Macpherson, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Christopher Martell, PhD, private practice and Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Amy R. Murrell, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

Susan M. Orsillo, PhD, Department of Psychology, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts

Kathleen M. Palm, MA, Psychological Services, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Chauncey Parker, BS, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

George A. Parks, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Clive J. Robins, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Lizabeth Roemer, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts

Henry Schmidt III, PhD, Behavioral Affiliates, Inc., Seattle, Washington

Zindel V. Segal, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mia Sevier, MA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California

Brian Sharpless, MS, MA, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Lorelei E. Simpson, MA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California

Tracy Simpson, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, and Women's Trauma Recovery Clinic, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington

John D. Teasdale, DPhil, Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mavis Tsai, PhD, private practice, Seattle, Washington

Matthew T. Tull, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts

Reo Wexner, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

J. Mark G. Williams, DPhil, Department of Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

G. Terence Wilson, PhD, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

Kelly G. Wilson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

Katie Witkiewitz, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

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Audience

Mental health practitioners, including clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and counselors; graduate students in these fields.

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Course Use

May serve as a text in graduate-level courses.