Resources to enhance your therapeutic skills and your clinical practice using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT):

• Association for Contextual Behavioral Science – Comprehensive ACT Overview and Resources
• New Take Therapy – Extensive video resources and worksheets for mental health clinicians by ACT Therapist and Trainer Jacob Martinez, MA, LPC
• ACT Mindfully – Resources for ACT practitioners by MD, Psychotherapist and ACT Trainer, Dr. Russ Harris including worksheets, video, audio, articles and book chapters
• Psychology Tools – Downloadable handouts, case formulations worksheets, videos and articles

Recommended Books for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Treating Psychosis: A Clinician’s Guide to Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Approaches within the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Tradition (2014) by Nicola P. Wright,‎ Douglas Turkington, and‎ Owen P. Kelly
• ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2009) by Russ Harris
• The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT (2008) by Russ Harris
• Learning ACT: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists (2017) by Jason B Luoma, PhD
• A Practical Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2010) by Steven C Hayes, PhD
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2011) by Steven C Hayes, PhD
• Finding Life Beyond Trauma: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Heal from Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Related Problems (2007) by Victoria M Follette, PhD
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Related Problems: A Practitioner’s Guide to Using Mindfulness and Acceptance Strategies (2007) by Robyn D Walser, PhD
• The Big Book of ACT Metaphors: A Practitioner’s Guide to Experiential Exercises and Metaphors in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2014) by Jill A Stoddard, PhD
• ACT in Practice: Case Conceptualization in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2008) by P.A. Bach, & D. J. Moran.
• The Essential Guide to the ACT Matrix: A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the ACT Matrix Model in Clinical Practice (2016) by Kevin L. Polk, Benjamin Schoendorff and Mark Webster

Best Podcasts about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• ACT: Taking Hurt to Hope with host JoAnne Dahl, Ph.D.

• ACT in Context: The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Podcast by the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

If you have any additional Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) resources, books or videos that should be added to this list, please let me know at connect@constancelynn.com.

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