
ACT for Neurological Conditions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for People with Acquired Brain Injury and Progressive Neurological Conditions
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Will be published approx. on 21. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-78775-792-9 (ISBN)
Description
Navigating life with a neurological condition can present unique challenges, sudden changes in life circumstances, unpredictable future events and loss of control. Negotiating the waves of these experiences requires flexibility and willingness to let go of control of the tide.
This unique guide is structured around the key principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It explores the core principles of the ACT hexaflex and how to introduce these to clients to best aid understanding. Evidence-based ACT exercises, from mindfulness exercises to creating visual prompts and workbooks, will help professionals to support the social, emotional and mental health of clients and the challenges their conditions present to their identity.
Guiding professionals looking for ready-to-use resources for their practice and non-specialists working in the field, this book helps clinicians to understand how ACT can be applied and adapted for a range of clients experiencing acquired brain injury and progressive neurological conditions.
This unique guide is structured around the key principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It explores the core principles of the ACT hexaflex and how to introduce these to clients to best aid understanding. Evidence-based ACT exercises, from mindfulness exercises to creating visual prompts and workbooks, will help professionals to support the social, emotional and mental health of clients and the challenges their conditions present to their identity.
Guiding professionals looking for ready-to-use resources for their practice and non-specialists working in the field, this book helps clinicians to understand how ACT can be applied and adapted for a range of clients experiencing acquired brain injury and progressive neurological conditions.
Reviews / Votes
A grab-and-go book with great depth of understanding of what it is like to acquire and/or live with a neurological condition, and rich in its teaching and illustrative examples of adapting ACT interventions in the context of clients' changed abilities and/or identities. -- Dr Jerry Burgess, Director of Clinical Neuropsychology Programmes, Canterbury Christ Church University A compassionate, evidence based resource that shows how ACT can transform support for people with neurological conditions. Essential reading for practitioners in this field. -- Prof. Louise McHugh, School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer and author of A Contextual Behavioural Guide to the SelfMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
264 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78775-792-9 (9781787757929)
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Additional editions

Kim Fletcher | Amanda Mobley
ACT for Neurological Conditions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for People with Acquired Brain Injury and Progressive Neurological Conditions
E-Book
01/2026
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
€29.99
Available for download
Persons
Kimberley Fletcher is a UK Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, a clinical-academic researcher at the University of Nottingham and co-director of The Brain Place.
Amanda Mobley is a UK Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Head of Neuropsychology for Leicester Partnership NHS Trust and co-director of The Brain Place.
Amanda Mobley is a UK Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Head of Neuropsychology for Leicester Partnership NHS Trust and co-director of The Brain Place.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Willingness
Kristy Potter, Rebecca Cramp & Amanda Mobley
Chapter 3: Cognitive Defusion
Maria Dale, Lee Bell-Jones and Katie Melvin
Chapter 4: Present Moment Awareness in Acquired Brain Injury
Lorraine King, Natalie Hampson and Emily Bunn
Chapter 5 Self-as-context and Acquired Brain Injury
James Briggs
Chapter 6: Values and valued living in acquired brain injury
Dana Wong and Nick Sathananthan
Chapter 7: Committed action
Rebecca Gould
Chapter 8: Integrating psychological flexibility processes in acquired neurological conditions: Applications in a context of severe and multiple disadvantage
Nima Golijani-Moghaddam and Anna Tickle
Chapter 2: Willingness
Kristy Potter, Rebecca Cramp & Amanda Mobley
Chapter 3: Cognitive Defusion
Maria Dale, Lee Bell-Jones and Katie Melvin
Chapter 4: Present Moment Awareness in Acquired Brain Injury
Lorraine King, Natalie Hampson and Emily Bunn
Chapter 5 Self-as-context and Acquired Brain Injury
James Briggs
Chapter 6: Values and valued living in acquired brain injury
Dana Wong and Nick Sathananthan
Chapter 7: Committed action
Rebecca Gould
Chapter 8: Integrating psychological flexibility processes in acquired neurological conditions: Applications in a context of severe and multiple disadvantage
Nima Golijani-Moghaddam and Anna Tickle