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ACT Books: General Purpose

(The following list of books is from the LEARNING ACT RESOURCE GUIDE: The complete guide to resources for learning Acceptance & Commitment Therapy by Jason Luoma, Ph.D. Updated July 2020 learningact.com)

The following list only includes ACT self help books in English. Click here for the list of books in 20+ languages.

BOOKS FOR LEARNING ACT

LEARNING ACT
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Theories of Psychotherapy)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Contemporary Theory Research and Practice
  • Acceptance and commitment Therapy: The CBT distinctive features series
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Dummies
  • The ACT Approach: A Comprehensive Guide for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • The Act in Context: The Canonical Papers of Steven C. Hayes
  • ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • ACT in Steps: A Transdiagnostic Manual for Learning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (The New Harbinger Made Simple Series)
  • The ACT Matrix: A New Approach to Building Psychological Flexibility Across Settings and Populations
  • The ACT Practitioner’s Guide to the Science of Compassion: Tools for Fostering Psychological Flexibility
  • ACT Questions and Answers: A Practitioner’s Guide to 150 Common Sticking Points in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • The Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy: Helping Clients Discover, Explore, and Commit to Valued Action Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • The Big Book of ACT Metaphors: A Practitioner’s Guide to Experiential Exercises and Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Interventions for Radical Change: Principles and Practice of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • A CBT Practitioner’s Guide to ACT: How to Bridge the Gap Between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Committed Action in Practice: A Clinician’s Guide to Assessing, Planning, and Supporting Change in Your Client (The Context Press Mastering ACT Series)
  • A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self: Theory and Practice
  • Contextual Schema Therapy: An Integrative Approach to Personality Disorders, Emotional Dysregulation, and Interpersonal Functioning
  • The Essential Guide to the ACT Matrix: A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the ACT Matrix Model in Clinical Practice Essentials of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science: An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Predicting, and Influencing Human Behavior
  • Experiencing ACT from the Inside Out: A Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Workbook for Therapists (Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Guides for Psychotherapists)
  • The Heart of ACT: Developing a Flexible, Process-Based, and Client-Centered Practice Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Clinical Advancements and Applications in ACT
  • Inside This Moment: A Clinician’s Guide to Promoting Radical Change Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Introduction to ACT: Learning and Applying the Core Principles and Techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Learning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Essential Guide to the Process and Practice of Mindful Psychiatry
  • Learning ACT for Group Treatment: An Acceptance and Com-mitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists
  • A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters
  • The Little ACT Workbook
  • Metaphor in Practice: A Professional’s Guide to Using the Science of Language in Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness, Acceptance, and the Psychodynamic Evolution: Bringing Values into Treatment Planning and Enhancing Psychodynamic Work with Buddhist Psychology (The Context Press Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series)
  • Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Positive Psychology: The Seven Foundations of Well-Being (The Context Press Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series)
  • Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies in Practice (Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based Treatment)
  • Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition
  • Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work: Evidence-Based Interventions and Emerging Applications (The Context Press Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series)
  • The Mindfulness-Informed Educator: Building Acceptance and Psychological Flexibility in Higher Education
  • A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Talking ACT: Notes and Conversations on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Values in Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Helping Clients Explore Values, Increase Psychological Flexibility, and Live a More Meaningful Life
  • The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science
ADVANCED PRACTICE IN ACT
  • ACT Questions and Answers: A Practitioner’s Guide to 150 Common Sticking Points in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • ACT Verbatim for Depression and Anxiety: Annotated Transcripts for Learning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Advanced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Experienced Practitioner’s Guide to Optimizing Delivery
  • Advanced Training in ACT: Mastering Key In-Session Skills for Applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Cognitive Defusion in Practice: A Clinician’s Guide to Assessing, Observing, and Supporting Change in Your Client (The Context Press Mastering ACT Series)
  • Getting Unstuck in ACT: A Clinician’s Guide to Overcoming Common Obstacles in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Inside This Moment: A Clinician’s Guide to Promoting Radical Change Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Learning ACT: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists
  • Learning ACT for Group Treatment: An Acceptance and Com-mitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists
  • Metaphor in Practice: A Professional’s Guide to Using the Science of Language in Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness for Two: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Mindfulness in Psychotherapy

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