Best 10 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Books

1. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

By Steven C. Hayes, Spencer Smith

In this book you will:

• Learn why the very nature of human language can cause suffering
• Escape the trap of avoidance
• Foster willingness to accept painful experience
• Practice mindfulness skills to achieve presence in the moment
• Discover the things you really value most
• Commit to living a vital, meaningful life

This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit.

2. The ACT Deck

By Timothy Gordon, Jessica Borushok

The ACT Deck offers 55 practices based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for use in therapy, classrooms or at home.

These cards ask tough questions, encourage meaningful action and provide new perspectives to help you let go of negative thoughts and live in the present moment.

3. ACT Made Simple

By Russ Harris

A practical primer, ideal for ACT newcomers and experienced ACT professionals alike.

Inside, you’ll find:

• scripts, exercises, metaphors, and worksheets to use with your clients;
• a session-by-session guide to implementing ACT;
• transcripts from therapy sessions;
• guidance for creating your own therapeutic techniques and exercises; and
• practical tips to overcome “therapy roadblocks.”

4. Learning to Thrive

By Giulia Suro PhD

This Acceptance and Commitment Therapy workbook includes:

• A practical approach―Understand (and accept) yourself using a workbook that gives you the tools you need to make real, impactful changes.
• Solutions for everyday concerns―Apply the lessons of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to specific parts of your life thanks to chapters focused around family, wellness, personal growth, and more.
• ACT made easy―Keep things simple with techniques written specifically for people new to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy―no psych textbooks needed.

5. Reclaim Your Life

By Carissa Gustafson PsyD

This book about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy includes:

• The program―Apply the six core processes to each week and then bring them all together during the seventh and final week.
• Broad array of issues―Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help with mental health issues like obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
• Hands-on―Use the six chapter lessons, worksheets, and exercises to learn each step of the process.

6. The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety

By John P. Forsyth, Georg H. Eifert

This workbook offers compelling new exercises to help you create the conditions for your own genuine happiness and peace of mind.

You’ll learn how your mind can trap you, keeping you stuck and struggling in anxiety and fear.

You’ll also discover ways to nurture your capacity for acceptance, mindfulness, kindness, and compassion, and use these qualities to weaken the power of anxiety and fear so that you can gain the space do what truly matters to you.

7. The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression

By Kirk D. Strosahl PhD, Patricia J. Robinson PhD

This Workbook will show you how changing daily behaviors and practicing new mindfulness skills can literally reshape your brain.

Rather than fruitlessly trying to avoid your depression, you’ll learn to focus on living a productive life by accepting your feelings.

Using the skills outlined in this book, you’ll be able to work through your depression, experience greater peace and well-being, and go on to create a better life.

8. The ACT Workbook for Perfectionism

by Jennifer R. Kemp

Grounded in evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this workbook offers an innovative approach to help you maintain your high standards while also accepting mistakes with compassion and kindness.

9. The ACT Workbook for Depression and Shame

By Matthew McKay PhD, Michael Jason Greenberg PsyD, Patrick Fanning

Grounded in evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this workbook will give you the tools to identify and dismiss your core beliefs of personal defectiveness, and build a life based on positive choices and values that bring vitality and a sense of personal fulfillment.

You’ll discover ways to develop psychological flexibility, freeing yourself from old habits and unhealthy coping mechanisms, and alleviating symptoms of depression.

Finally, you’ll learn to see yourself in all your wonderful complexity, with kindness and compassion.

10. ACT Daily Journal

By Diana Hill PhD, Debbie Sorensen PhD

With The ACT Daily Journal, you’ll learn all about the six core processes of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)—including mindfulness, acceptance, and values-based living—and even learn about a seventh: self-compassion. If there was ever a time to adopt the ACT approach to living, it’s now.

By applying ACT to your life, you’ll learn how to roll with life’s punches, and stay in contact with the present moment, even when you have unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations.