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Acceptance & commitment therapy for body image dissatisfaction : a practitioner's guide to using mindfulness, acceptance & values-based behavior change strategies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearson, Adria N.
Other Authors: Heffner, Michelle, Follette, Victoria M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2010]
Subjects:
Body image > Social aspects.
Acceptance and commitment therapy.
Self-acceptance.
Table of Contents:
  • Body image dissatisfaction : an introduction
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy : an introduction
  • Using ACT to treat body image dissatisfaction
  • Introducing ACT to your client
  • Creative hopelessness : openness to trying something different
  • Control as the problem, acceptance as the solution
  • Mindful acceptance of thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations
  • Clarifying values and defning goals
  • Barriers to values and commitment to valued living
  • Adapting ACT to group therapy
  • Afterword : endings and new beginnings.