Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
The Clinician's Guide for Supporting Parents
- 1st Edition - June 15, 2019
- Latest edition
- Authors: Koa Whittingham, Lisa Coyne
- Language: English
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Clinician’s Guide for Supporting Parents constitutes a principles-based guide for clinicians to support parents across various stages of… Read more
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Clinician’s Guide for Supporting Parents constitutes a principles-based guide for clinicians to support parents across various stages of child and adolescent development. It uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as an axis to integrate evolution science, behaviour analysis, attachment theory, emotion-focused and compassion-focused therapies into a cohesive framework. From this integrated framework, the authors explore practice through presenting specific techniques, experiential exercises, and clinical case studies.
- Explores the integration of ACT with established parenting approaches
- Includes a new model - the parent-child hexaflex - and explores each component of this model in depth with clinical techniques and a case study
- Emphasizes how to foster a strong therapeutic relationship and case conceptualization from an acceptance and commitment therapy perspective
- Covers the full spectrum of child development from infancy to adolescence
- Touches upon diverse clinical presentations including: child anxiety, neurodevelopmental disorders, and child disruptive behavior problems, with special emphasis on infant sleep
- Addresses how best to support parents with mental health concerns, such as postnatal depression
- Is relevant for both novices and clinicians, students in psychology, social work and educational professionals supporting parents
1. Introduction
Section One: Theoretical and Scientific Background2. Parenting3. Connect: the parent-child relationship4. Shape: building a flexible repertoire
Section Two: The Bedrock of Clinical practice5. Case Conceptualization6. Therapeutic Relationship
Section Three: ACT Processes7. Values and Proto-values8. Experiential acceptance of parent, child and relationship9. Psychological contact with the present moment including shared psychological contact10. Flexible languaging11. Flexible perspective taking12. Compassionate Context13. Committed Action and Exploration14. Integrating ACT with other interventions 15. Conclusion
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 15, 2019
- Language: English
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