ACT Matrix
A New Approach to Building Psychological Flexibility Across Settings and Populations
Published on 1. February 2014
281 pages
978-1-60882-924-8 (ISBN)
Description
Edited by clinical psychologists and popular ACT workshop leaders Kevin Polk and Benjamin Schoendorff, The ACT Matrix fuses the six core principles of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) into a simplified, easy-to-apply approach. This essential book shows professionals and general readers how this approach can be used to treat a variety of disorders-such as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, trauma, and eating disorders-in a variety of settings and contexts. Professionals will also learn how to work more effectively with difficult clients and increase clients' psychological flexibility. A must-have for ACT practitioners looking to streamline their therapeutic approach.
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Kevin L. Polk | Benjamin Schoendorff
ACT Matrix
A New Approach to Building Psychological Flexibility Across Settings and Populations
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04/2014
New Harbinger Publications
€88.09
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- What the Matrix Is All About
- Kevin Polk
- Part 1
- Understanding the Matrix
- Chapter 1
- The Psychological Flexibility Warm-Up
- Kevin Polk
- Chapter 2
- Under the Hood: Basic Processes Underlying the Matrix
- Benjamin Schoendorff, Mark Webster, and Kevin Polk
- Part 2
- Populations and Settings
- Chapter 3
- ACT for the Masses: Using the Matrix with the General Public
- Aisling Curtin
- Chapter 4
- You, Me, and the Matrix: A Guide to Relationship-Oriented ACT
- Benjamin Schoendorff and Marie-France Bolduc
- Chapter 5
- Rolling Out the Matrix, Rolling Back Addiction
- Mark Webster
- Chapter 6
- The Pain Matrix
- Amanda Adcock Vander Lugt
- Chapter 7
- ACT in Digestible Bites: The Matrix and Eating Disorders
- Florian Saffer
- Chapter 8
- Out of the Hole: The Matrix with Chronic and Severe Symptoms
- Rob Purssey
- Chapter 9
- Something You Can Never Forget: The Matrix and PTSD
- Kevin Polk and Mary Alyce Burkhart
- Chapter 10
- Spot the Matrix: Psychological Flexibility in Private Psychiatric Practice
- Jean-Michel Vincent
- Chapter 11
- Casing the Matrix: A Tool for Case Conceptualization
- Benjamin Schoendorff
- Part 3
- The Matrix Outside the Box
- Chapter 12
- The Matrix Goes to School: Promoting Psychological Flexibility in Education
- Phil Tenaglia
- Chapter 13
- In Business: The Matrix for Team Building and Professional Stress
- Annick Seys
- Chapter 14
- The Matrix, Evolution, and Improving Work-Group Functioning with Ostrom's Eight Design Principles
- Kevin Polk
- Conclusion
- Going Viral
- Kevin Polk and Benjamin Schoendorff
- Index
