Russ, as ever, is warm and lighthearted, sharing his invaluable knowledge and expertise to skillfully simplify the ins and outs of this effective model for meaningful behavioral change.

I’m not sure I agree with everything in this model quite yet, but I LOVE the conversational style the author uses to teach the process of ACT.Before deciding a person lacks capacity, it's important to take steps to enable them to try to make the decision themselves. Our aim is not to try and make it go away; our aim is to stop getting caught up in it, make some room for it, allow it to be there without struggling - so that if and when it does hang around for a while, it doesn’t stop you from doing what matters and engaging fully in your life. The title reflects a key theme in the book - that popular ideas about happiness are misleading, inaccurate, and actually make us miserable in the long term. Where it appears a deprivation of liberty might happen, the provider of care (usually a hospital or a care home) has to apply to their local authority.

This book gives you everything you need to start using ACT with your clients for impressive results. PDF] [EPUB] ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Download by Russ Harris.

On the other hand, I can’t understand and feel ACT as more than some extensive and elaborate intervention to increment a CBT treatment and not something with a life of its own.

Although the second edition of ACT Made Simple can definitely be equated with the words ‘easily understood,’ make no mistake about it: this book is a thoughtful, entertaining, and comprehensive introduction to the ACT model. An advance statement is a written statement that sets down a person's preferences, wishes, beliefs and values regarding their future care. The alternative is to accept it - but that doesn't mean giving up, being defeated or agreeing with suffering. He is author of dozens of books and scientific articles, including the successful ACT workbook Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life.Committed action occurs at every point in ACT treatment, as clients can consider coming to therapy or coaching as one aspect of their committed action. If our clients start talking about right, wrong, good, or bad, we know they have shifted from values into the realm of morals, ethics, or codes of conduct. When we rely on workability for motivation, we never have to coerce, persuade, or convince our clients to change; we simply open their eyes to the consequences of their actions and allow them to choose their own direction. One of the remarkable new topics in this edition is the way he helps you set up sessions for success with your client. People should also be provided with an independent advocate, who will support them to make decisions in certain situations, such as serious treatment or where the individual might have significant restrictions placed on their freedom and rights in their best interests.

The cap on care costs was due to be introduced on 1 October 2023 but implementation was delayed till October 2025 after the 2022 Autumn Statement. The hexaflex model is an intuitive and attractive diagnostic tool that practitioners can use to conceptualize the client and plan their interventions. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. Expanded, without being more complicated, the second edition of ACT Made Simple is a vital clinician’s resource, and an exciting road map for anyone who wants to live life fully. The word ‘simple’ can sometimes be equated to words like ‘basic,’‘unsophisticated,’ or even ‘elementary.Since the person is trying to get out of the quicksand, it goes against all their natural instincts to maximise body contact with it.