Acceptance And Commitment Therapy For The Treatment Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And Trauma Related Problems

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) offers a promising, empirically validated approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma related problems. In this volume, you'll find a complete theoretical and practical guide to making this revolutionary new model work in your practice. The first part of the book explains the problem of experiential avoidance as it relates to trauma and explores the verbal nature of post-traumatic stress. The book's second section offers a practical, step-by-step clinical guide to core ACT components, explains how to introduce these topics to clients suffering from PTSD, illustrates each with case examples, and offers homework for your clients to use between sessions.