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Author Tirch, Dennis D., 1968- author.

Title The ACT practitioner's guide to the science of compassion : tools for fostering psychological flexibility / Dennis Tirch, Benjamin Schoendorff, and Laura R. Silberstein
Published Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 276 pages) : illustrations
Contents Compassion: Definitions and Evolutionary Roots -- Compassion and Psychological Flexibility -- CFT: Origins, Evolutionary Context, and Opening Practices -- Training Self-Compassion in Clinical Practice -- Using the Therapeutic Relationship to Train Compassion -- Initial Elements of a Compassion-Focused ACT -- Training the Compassionate Mind -- Case Formulation, Assessment, and Treatment Planning -- Completion and New Beginnings
Summary "An important addition to any ACT professional's library, The ACT Practitioner's Guide to the Science of Compassion explores the emotionally healing benefits of compassion-based practices when applied to traditional acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). This book offers case conceptualization, assessments, and direct clinical applications that integrate ACT, functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP), and the science of compassion to enhance therapists' processes. The book also explores how these modalities work in harmony, ultimately making ACT more effective in increasing client psychological flexibility"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Acceptance and commitment therapy.
Interpersonal psychotherapy.
Empathy.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy -- methods
Empathy
empathy.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Empathy
Interpersonal psychotherapy
Form Electronic book
Author Schoendorff, Benjamin, author
Silberstein, Laura R., author.
ISBN 9781626250567
1626250561
9781626250574
162625057X