Trauma-Focused ACT : a Practitioner's Guide to Working with Mind, Body, and Emotion Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Author/creator Harris, Russ, 1938-
Format Electronic
PublicationOakland : Context Press, 2021.
Description1 online resource (400 pages)
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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Contents Intro -- Contents -- PART ONE: What Is "Trauma-Focused ACT"? -- 1. The Many Masks of Trauma -- 2. An ACT Model of Trauma -- 3. Fight, Flight, Freeze, Flop -- 4. Keeping It Safe -- 5. The Choice Point -- 6. The Journey Ahead -- PART TWO: Beginning Therapy -- 7. Firm Foundations -- 8. Anchors Away -- 9. Flexible Sessions -- PART THREE: Living in the Present -- 10. Slipping the Shackles of Fusion -- 11. Heavy Lifting -- 12. Leaving the Battlefield -- 13. Making Contact, Making Room -- 14. Self-Compassion -- 15. Knowing What Matters -- 16. Doing What Works -- 17. Undermining Problematic Behavior
Contents 18. Overcoming Barriers, Maintaining Change -- 19. When Things Go Wrong -- 20. Compassionate, Flexible Exposure -- 21. The Flexible Self -- 22. Working with the Body -- 23. Sleep, Self-Soothing, and Relaxation -- 24. Working with Shame -- 25. Moral Injury -- 26. Suicidality -- 27. Finding the Treasure -- 28. Building Better Relationships -- PART FOUR: Healing the Past -- 29. Supporting the "Younger You" -- 30. Exposure to Memories -- 31. Grieving and Forgiving -- PART FIVE: Building the Future -- 32. The Path Ahead -- 33. TFACT as a Brief Intervention -- 34. Parting Words -- Acknowledgments
Contents APPENDIX A: Resources -- APPENDIX B: Further Training -- References -- About the Author -- Index
Abstract Trauma-Focused ACT presents a highly effective, research-based protocol for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as a broad range of trauma-related disorders--from depression to addiction. Newcomers and experienced professionals alike will learn a comprehensive approach to treating trauma with a focus on living in the present, healing the past, and building the future. This unique guide is based on the empirically supported program author Russ Harris developed for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Issued in other formPrint version: Harris, Russ. Trauma-Focused ACT. Oakland : Context Press, ©2021 9781684038213
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN1684038235 (electronic book)
ISBN9781684038237 (electronic bk.)

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