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01-12-2006 | Book Review

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner’s Treatment Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Values-Based Behavior Change Strategies

Georg H. Eifert and John P. Forsyth, New Harbinger Publications,Oakland, CA, 2005, 287 pp., $58.95

Author: Beth L. Pearson

Published in: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy | Issue 4/2006

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is described by Eifert and Forsyth as a third-wave behavior therapy. Rather than focusing on symptom reduction, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy’s main goals are to help clients accept their thoughts and feelings and to live in ways which are consistent with their values. Anxiety symptoms are not viewed as problematic; instead, the struggle to control and master symptoms is seen to be the main source of suffering. …

Title: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner’s Treatment Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Values-Based Behavior Change Strategies
Georg H. Eifert and John P. Forsyth, New Harbinger Publications,Oakland, CA, 2005, 287 pp., $58.95
Author: Beth L. Pearson
Publication date: 01-12-2006
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Published in: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy / Issue 4/2006
Print ISSN: 0022-0116
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-006-9024-y

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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner’s Treatment Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Values-Based Behavior Change Strategies

Georg H. Eifert and John P. Forsyth, New Harbinger Publications,Oakland, CA, 2005, 287 pp., $58.95

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