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What people are saying about our new book, "A CBT-Practitioner's Guide to ACT"
---Dr. Steve Hayes, highly published academic and co-creator of ACT (from Book forward)
" The present volume is the first written so as to allow CBT practitioners to explore the ACT model to a degree and amount that fits their interests. No one has to first check their assumptions and beliefs at the door in order to explore. Hard won competencies are empowered, not ridiculed. Less about “I’m right; you’re wrong,” this book is about “let’s see” or even “let’s play....”
"...It is quite possible to integrate ACT methods into traditional CBT. It is equally possible to integrate some CBT methods into an ACT model.. With pictures, simplified language, and good humor Joseph Ciarrochi and Ann Bailey make the translation seem almost effortless, but that is because they have a deep understanding of the ACT model. For years they have actively explored its nature and implications and have been building the bridges they display in this volume..."
"....This volume is like a travel guide to a different country or at least a different region with a strange dialect. It explains the language, visits some of the more interesting spots, and lets the reader choose. Like any good travel guide, it never bullies the reader or demands that a certain spot be visited or connection be made. Instead, it invites the reader in and helps them appreciate what this new land has to offer, not for the growth and glorification of ACT but for suffering humanity. "
---Dr. Russ Harris, Author of "The Happiness Trap" and well-known ACT trainer (Posted on ACT listserve, November 27, 2008).
"Just wanted to give a big thumbs up to “A CBT Practitioner's Guide To ACT” by Joe Ciarrochi and Ann Bailey. They have done a superb job of building bridges between ACT and CBT, honoring and appreciating both models, and looking openly and honestly at areas of overlap and areas of differences, without judging either one as “better” or “superior” to the other. They also show how you can use ACT stuff to ‘supercharge’ your CBT while staying within that model, or, if you choose to move from the CBT model to the ACT model, how you can bring most of CBT with you, provided you tweak certain parts of it, and make the philosophical shift from mechanism to contextualism. Of particular interest to me was the section on differences and similarities in exposure, as done in each model. Also some excellent new metaphors and techniques and worksheets, and plenty of humor and funny cartoons thrown in. Also some very accessible writing about RFT, which is a huge achievement in and of itself. I went to bed at 11pm last night intending to read the opening chapter, and found myself still reading away at 3 a!. I’m knackered, but it was well worth it. An absolutely essential read for anyone with one foot in each camp."
"PS another really fascinating section of the book looks at where RFT would predict cognitive challenging to be effective, and where RFT predicts it would be ineffective. Also some great stuff in here tying ACT with emotional intelligence, and some truly excellent handouts and worksheets for clients."
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