“Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Strategies Guide for Anxiety and Trauma-Related Problems in Living” is a comprehensive manual for clinicians. It integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques for treating anxiety and trauma-related disorders, especially in veteran populations. The guide includes detailed sections on various ACT processes, such as acceptance, defusion, and mindfulness, supplemented with clinician-facing overviews and veteran-specific handouts and exercises. It is designed for clinicians with prior ACT training and aims to enhance therapy efficacy through tailored interventions and practical exercises.
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Contents:
- Introduction
- Purpose of the Guide
- Anxiety and Act
- Act and Exposure Therapy
- Conceptualization and Rationale For Exposure
- Selecting Exposure Tasks
- Tracking and Reinforcing Flexibility Processes
- Ending and Debriefing Exposures
- Case Examples for Clinicians
- Example 1
- Example 2
- Acceptance: Overview for Clinicians
- Acceptance Handout for Veterans
- Noticing and Accepting Physical Sensations, Thoughts, Feelings, Urges for Veterans
- Emotion Watching Worksheet for Veterans
- Leaning into Anxiety Exercise for Veterans
- Acceptance Exercises for Veterans
- Defusion: Overview for Clinicians
- Defusion Handout for Veterans
- Defusion Mindfulness Exercise for Veterans
- Fill in the Blanks Exercise for Veterans
- Ways of Speaking Exercise for Veterans
- Defusion Strategies for Veterans
- Present Moment: Overview for Clinicians
- Present Moment Handout for Veterans
- Being in the Now Exercise for Veterans
- Mindful Grounding Exercise for Veterans
- Sitting Meditation for Veterans
- Self-as-Context: Overview for Clinicians
- Observer Self Handout for Veterans
- Perspective Shifting Exercises for Veterans
- Self-Compassion Mindfulness Exercise for Veterans
- Child Exercise for Veterans
- Values: Overview for Clinicians
- Introduction to Values Handout for Veterans
- Sweet-Spot Exercise for Veterans
- Emotions and Values Audit for Veterans
- Values Checklist for Veterans
- Valued Domains and Actions Worksheet for Veterans
- Committed Action: Overview for Clinicians
- Smart Goals for Veterans
- Committed Action Worksheet for Veterans
- Tables
- Table 1. Examples of Additional Metaphors and Exercises
- Contextually Based Approaches to Exposure
- Table 2. Panic Disorder
- Table 3. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Contamination-Related Subtype
- Table 4. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Table 5. Generalized Anxiety Disorder & Excessive Rumination
- Table 6. Agoraphobia
- Table 7. Social Anxiety
- Table 8. Process and Debriefing Questions
- References
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