| Description |
1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Understanding Death and the Psychological Implications -- 1. An Evidence-Based Approach -- 2. The Psychological Components of Dying -- The Threat of a Shortened Life vs the Reality -- I Will Give an Example -- Instead, the Very Opposite Happened -- What Does This Look Like for People? -- 3. Uncertainty -- Stable Dying -- 4. Desire for Hastened Death -- 5. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing .. |
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When Is It Anxiety/Depression and When Is It Something Else? -- What If the Person Can't Tell Me What's Going On? -- And What If It Isn't Any of This? -- 6. Pain and Somatic Processes -- Pain -- Other Somatic Presentations -- 7. Complexity of Caring -- 8. Delicate Spaces: (Religion, Sexuality, Fertility, Where to Die, Hope) -- Fertility -- Sexuality -- Religion and Spirituality -- Where to Die? -- Hope -- Note -- 9. Legacy: Or Making Sense of The World Without Us in It! -- Part 2: Applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to End of Life -- 10. Formulation and Consistency |
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The Assessment Session -- 11. Six Core Processes -- 12. Values -- Troubleshooting Values -- 13. Committed Action -- What If This Is as Good as It Gets? -- Linking Values and Committed Action -- Trouble Shooting in Committed Action -- 14. Acceptance -- What Would It Take to Make a Friend? -- The Drunk Guy at the Cricket Match -- The Cast of Characters -- An Acceptance Dialogue -- Troubleshooting Acceptance -- Note -- 15. Present Focus (Including When the Present Is Really Hard!) -- Framing of Present Focus -- When the Present Is Really Hard -- Simple Present Focus Strategies |
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Bringing Awareness to the Body -- Bringing Awareness to Thoughts and Emotions -- Bringing Awareness to the External Environment -- Bringing Awareness to the Imagination -- Noticing the Small Things (Bringing Gratitude) -- Troubleshooting Present Focus -- 16. Thought Management and Defusion -- Thinking in Itself -- Getting Space -- When Thoughts Are Just Thoughts -- Naming and Externalising Thoughts -- Trouble Shooting Defusion -- Note -- 17. Self as Context -- If I Were Watching You ... -- Thinking About Thinking -- Working With the Sense of Self -- Trouble Shooting Self as Context |
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18. Self-Compassion -- The Compassionate Friend -- 'You are Doing the Best that You Can' -- 19. Supporting People in Decision Making -- What is Driving This? -- How to Navigate These Conversations -- Part 3: The Therapist Process -- 20. What Shows Up for Us -- 21. Managing Our Own Stuff -- 22. Tolerance of Sitting -- 23. Saying Goodbye -- Part 4: Clinical Case Studies -- 24. Managing Physical Decline -- 25. Existential Distress -- 26. A Hard Decision -- 27. When Death Takes Too Long -- Conclusion -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
ACT at the End is based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and while it has a grounding in research, it is also a hands-on clinical guide for those working with people at a tricky and complex time of life |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003861133 |
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100386113X |
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