Original Non-English ACT Books

Original Non-English ACT Books

Dutch

  • A-Tjak, J., & De Groot, F. (Eds.). (2008). Acceptance and commitment therapy: Een inleiding voor hulpverleners. Houten: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum. (ISBN 978 90 313 5894 6. NUR 777)
    An original edited volume about ACT.

  • Jansen, G. (2006). Denk wat je wilt doe wat je droomt: Op weg naar waardevol leven. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Nieuwezijds.
    An ACT-related book in Dutch. Some discussion among Dutch ACT folks about the line between ACT and Cognitive Therapy in this book, but it is not possible to make such discriminations from outside of a language community. The book definitely puts a number of ACT concepts forward for consideration.

Finnish

German

  • Wengenroth, M. (2008). Das Leben annehmen. So hilft die Akzeptanz- und Commitmenttherapie (ACT). Bern, Germany: Huber.
    An original German, ACT-based self-help book. Very good buzz about this book by ACT experts.

Spanish

  • Luciano, C. (Ed.). (2001). Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso (ACT) y el Traastorno de Evitación Experiencial. Un síntesis de casos clínicos. (Ed.) Valencia: Promolibro.
    An original ACT book in Spanish with a series of very creative sinlge case studies.

  • Barraca, J. (Ed.). (2005). La mente o la vida. Una aproximación a la Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso. Bilbao: Desclée de Brouwer.
    An original edited ACT book in Spanish.

  • Wilson, K. G., & Luciano, C. (2002). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A behavioral treatment focused on values. Madrid: Pirámide.
    An original ACT book in Spanish by two well known ACT authors.

  • García Higuera, J. A. (2003). Terapia psicológica en el tartamudeo, de Van Riper a la terapia de aceptación y compromiso. Barcelona: Editorial Ariel.
    Visite este sitio web para más información.

    An ACT book dedicated to stuttering and its psychological treatment.

  • García Higuera, J. A. (2007). Curso Terapéutico de Aceptación I y II. Madrid: Paradox.

    An ACT self help book with 4 audio CDs with lots of exercises.

French

  • Schoendorff, B. (2009). Faire face à la souffrance, choisir la vie plutôt que la lutte avec la Thérapie d'Acceptation et d'Engagement. Paris: Retz.

Le premier livre sur l'ACT en français. C'est un ouvrage de bibliothérapie qui se base en partie sur le modèle I-view de Kevin Polk et Jerold Hambright. S'il vous plaît visiter fairefacealasouffrance.com.

This is the first book on ACT in French. It is a self-help book somewhat based on Kevin Polk and Jerold Hambright's I-view. Also visit fairefacealasouffrance.com.

Nos souvenirs, particulièrement les plus douloureux, nous incitent à la lutte pour éviter leur réapparition. Ce livre sur la mémoire développe de nombreux concepts de l’ACT et les applique aux souvenirs des événements que nous aurions préféré ne pas vivre.

It is our natural tendency to struggle when we are confronted to hurting memories. We would prefer to erase them if we could. This book on memory uses ACT concepts to deal with memories of events we would rather not have lived.

Japanese

  • Kumano, H. & Muto, T. (Eds.) (2009). Tokushuu-gou: Akuseputansu ando komittoment serapi. in the “Kokoro-no-Rinshou a la carte” Magazine for clinicians. Tokyo: Seiwa-shoten.

Title translation: Special volume: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Find it at www.seiwa-pb.co.jp.

  • Kumano, H. (2009). 21 seiki no jibun sagashi project: kara no ori kara dete, machi ni dekakeyou. Tokyo: Sanga.

Title translation: The “Pursuit of myself” project in 21 century: Breaking the prison of conceptualized myself. Find it at www.samgha.com.jp.

  • Muto, T. (Eds.) (2006). Akuseputansu ando komittoment serapi no bunmyaku: Rinshou-koudou-bunseki no maindofuru-na tenkai. Tokyo: Brain-shuppan.

Title translation: Some contexts of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Mindfulness in Clinical Behavior Analysis. Find it at www.brain-shuppan.co.jp.