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Brief Interventions for Radical Change Principles and Practice of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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ISBN-10: 1608823458

ISBN-13: 9781608823451

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kirk D. Strosahl, Patricia J. Robinson, Thomas Gustavsson

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Mental health and chemical dependency clinicians are in a unique position to improve the lives of their clients, but find it difficult to provide clients with life-changing psychological tools they need within each time-limited appointment.Brief Interventions for Radical Behavior Changemakes it easy for these busy clinicians to integrate important mindfulness, acceptance, and values-based therapeutic work in their interactions with clients. In just fifteen to thirty minutes, clinicians can identify core issues clients struggle with, apply acceptance interventions to help clients eliminate self-defeating thinking and behavior, and help clients engage in committed, values-based actions to…    
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Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Publication date: 10/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Patricia J. Robinson, PhD , is director of training and program evaluation at Mountainview Consulting Group, Inc., a firm that assists health care systems with integrating behavioral health services into primary care settings. She is author of Real Behavior Change in Primary Care , and coauthor of The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression . After exploring primary care psychology as a researcher, she devoted her attention to dissemination in rural America, urban public health departments, and military medical treatment facilities. Robinson lives in Portland, OR.

Thomas Gustavsson, MSc , is a licensed psychologist and one of the founders of Psykologpartners, a company providing psychology and psychiatry services in Scandinavia. He has worked as a consultant for several community-based services, social workers, treatment centers, schools, and primary care clinics. In addition, he is one of the pioneers in building an integrated, evidence-based psychiatry program within a large primary care system in Helsingborg, Sweden. Gustavsson resides in Rydeback, Sweden.

Introduction
Principles of Brief Intervention
A Brief Review of Brief Therapy
How People Get Stuck
The Process of Radical Change
Practice Tools and Methods for Brief, Focused Interventions
Focused Interviewing
Strategies and Tools for Increasing Motivation
Promoting Radical Change
Case Examples
Big Like Swallow: FACT with a Sexually Abused Child
Lost in Space: FACT with a Poly-Substance-Abusing Adult
Playing It Safe: FACT with an Adult Survivor of Sexual Abuse
Disconnected and Demoralized: FACT with a Depressed Elderly Woman
FACT with Couples and Groups
Until Death Do Us Part: Conducting FACT with Couples
The More the Merrier: Conducting FACT in Groups and Classes
Appendix: Interview, Case Formulation, and Assessment Tools
References
Index