TY - JOUR
AU - Pearson, Beth
AB - J Contemp Psychother (2006) 36:191–192 DOI 10.1007/s10879-006-9024-y BOOK REVIEW Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner’s Treatment Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Values-Based Behavior Change Strategies Georg H. Eifert and John P. Forsyth, New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, CA, 2005, 287 pp., $58.95 Beth L. Pearson Published online: 21 November 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is described by In the first section of the book, an overview of ACT, anx- Eifert and Forsyth as a third-wave behavior therapy. Rather iety disorders, and traditional cognitive-behavioral views of than focusing on symptom reduction, Acceptance and Com- anxiety disorders is presented. The second section delin- mitment Therapy’s main goals are to help clients accept their eates the theory and rationale behind Acceptance and Com- thoughts and feelings and to live in ways which are consis- mitment Therapy. Eifert and Forsyth make it clear that Ac- tent with their values. Anxiety symptoms are not viewed ceptance and Commitment Therapy is a way of viewing as problematic; instead, the struggle to control and master the world rather that a set of techniques. In this section, symptoms is seen to be the main source of suffering. the 
TI - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner’s Treatment Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Values-Based Behavior Change Strategies
JF - Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
DO - 10.1007/s10879-006-9024-y
DA - 2006-11-21
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/acceptance-commitment-therapy-for-anxiety-disorders-a-practitioner-s-BMR0gGcjae
SP - 191
EP - 192
VL - 36
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
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