Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition [Hardcover]

Steven C. Hayes PhD (Editor), Victoria M. Follette PhD (Editor), Marsha M. Linehan PhD ABPP (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1593850662 | ISBN-13: 978-1593850661 | Publication Date: August 31, 2004 | Edition: 1

This volume examines the role of mindfulness principles and practices in a range of well-established cognitive and behavioral treatment approaches. Leading scientist-practitioners describe how their respective modalities incorporate such nontraditional themes as mindfulness, acceptance, values, spirituality, being in relationship, focusing on the present moment, and emotional deepening. Coverage includes acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, integrative behavioral couple therapy, behavioral activation, and functional analytic psychotherapy. Contributors describe their clinical methods and goals, articulate their theoretical models, and examine similarities to and differences from other approaches.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"One of the most important treatment developments in recent years has been the theoretical and empirical elaboration of mindfulness and acceptance into evidence-based cognitive-behavioral protocols. Books on this topic, however, have typically focused either on general theory or on clinical applications to narrow segments of psychopathology. Now Hayes, Follette, and Linehan--three of the most creative thinkers in this area--have produced a volume surveying the current status of these new intervention strategies across the wide spectrum of psychopathology. Anyone seeking to remain up to date on the applications of these exciting new procedures with a variety of client problems will want to have this book close at hand."--David H. Barlow, PhD, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders and Department of Psychology, Boston University

"Some of today's most innovative scientist-practitioners provide an in-depth examination of the many ways that the concepts of mindfulness and acceptance are being integrated into cognitive-behavioral therapy, which hitherto has had little systematic contact with experiential therapies and Eastern philosophies. This book will be of interest to all mental health professionals concerned with enhancing therapeutic change in their patients and with furthering their own personal development. Provocative and at times very wise, this is 'must' reading for researchers and clinicians alike, inviting critical consideration of new and promising ideas and procedures. It is an appropriate text for graduate-level courses in psychotherapy, particularly within clinical psychology programs, and would serve as an excellent basis for a special-topic seminar on mindfulness and acceptance therapies."--Gerald C. Davison, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California

About the Author

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. His career has focused on the analysis of the nature of human language and cognition and the application of this to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering. Dr. Hayes has received awards including the Exemplary Contributions to Basic Behavioral Research and Its Applications Award from Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, the Impact of Science on Application Award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

 

Victoria M. Follette, PhD, is Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. She heads the Trauma Research Institute of Nevada, using a contextual behavioral approach to understanding the sequelae of trauma. Her areas of interest include taking science into applied treatment and mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches to treatment.

 

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, a consortium of research projects developing new treatments and evaluating their efficacy for persons with severe mental disorders and multiple diagnoses. Her primary research is in the application of behavioral models to suicidal behaviors, drug abuse, and borderline personality disorder.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 319 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (August 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593850662
• ISBN-13: 978-1593850661
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #678,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a fine review of current thinking on acceptance, mindfulness, and CBT, December 22, 2006

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Thomas Rodebaugh (st. louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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i found the other review of this book so perplexing, i felt i had to say something. this will be a very useful book to folks who are interested in how concepts of acceptance and mindfulness can be integrated with, or change for the better, cognitive behavioral treatments. if you have no idea what the previous sentence means, then you are probably not one of those folks!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Collection of Articles, December 15, 2009

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Paul Bail "Leominster Wellness" (Leominster, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition (Hardcover)

It's been a long time coming, but mindfulness has gradually been recognized as an important element of living well. Marsha Linehan, originator of the very valuable Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) method and Stephen Hayes, originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) are two of the editors of this volume, each representing a slightly different method of integrating mindful awareness with therapy.

Other authors who have done pioneering work on mindfulness and therapy include Dr.Jon Kabat-Zinn of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, developer of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and psychologist Daniel Goleman who wrote about meditation thirty years ago, and more recently has pioneered work on "Emotional Intelligence."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars compelled to review, April 29, 2011

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"Spirit and Science are holding hands." I am compelled to give my review of this book because the information contained breaks so much ground for CBT therapy and expands "scope of practice" constraints into promising new dimensions. The great value of the contributions to this volume is that they describe, define, and critique nontraditional themes such as mindfulness, acceptance, and spirituality in the context of integration and enhancement of established traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The marketplace demand for "evidence based" practices has heretofor shunned the nontraditional/complementary approaches for lack of empirical majesty. This volume is a wondedrful encouragement to future focused behavioral technologies that go beyond outworn assumptions about "conditioning". The chapters address trauma, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse and couple conflict. But you get the feeling this is just a beginning. I am encouraged by this book to greet these new technologies openly and to eagerly anticipate further work in this very fertile field. Bravo! This book has invigorated my hope that Spirit and Science will not look weird to us; walking hand in hand.