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The Little ACT Workbook
A practical introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the general reader.
From one of the co-authors of the bestselling Little CBT Workbook, The Little ACT Workbook is a simple, hands-on, practical guide introducing essential ACT techniques you can use to live a full and meaningful life and change your life for the better.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an empirically-supported mindfulness-based behavioural therapy, gaining significant ground in the UK. This helpful book is packed full of guidance, techniques and a series of practical exercises so you can immediately start applying key ACT principles to your day-to-day life. Learn how
Rather than assuming that you need to change your thoughts and emotions in order to feel better, ACT shows you how to change your relationship to your thoughts and feelings, and to loosen up around them in order to engage in value-based action. The Little ACT Workbook ensures you have the insight, tools and confidence to apply these valuable principles to your own situation and put them into practice today.
From one of the co-authors of the bestselling Little CBT Workbook, The Little ACT Workbook is a simple, hands-on, practical guide introducing essential ACT techniques you can use to live a full and meaningful life and change your life for the better.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an empirically-supported mindfulness-based behavioural therapy, gaining significant ground in the UK. This helpful book is packed full of guidance, techniques and a series of practical exercises so you can immediately start applying key ACT principles to your day-to-day life. Learn how
Rather than assuming that you need to change your thoughts and emotions in order to feel better, ACT shows you how to change your relationship to your thoughts and feelings, and to loosen up around them in order to engage in value-based action. The Little ACT Workbook ensures you have the insight, tools and confidence to apply these valuable principles to your own situation and put them into practice today.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 9, 2016
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August 19, 2022
3.5 ⭐️
The Little ACT Workbook is a good introduction to acceptance commitment therapy. It is written in plain accessible language. The authors have a compassionate and warm approach which transpires in their writing.
I particularly appreciated the ‘Wake up!’ chapter as well as its corresponding exercices. It’s a nice low pressure introduction to the practice of mindfulness.
I liked the ‘Loosen up!’ chapter a lot less. I actually think that, depending on your mental state, some exercises can be somewhat dangerous to take part in as they actively ask you to engage with triggering thoughts.
The Little ACT Workbook is a good introduction to acceptance commitment therapy. It is written in plain accessible language. The authors have a compassionate and warm approach which transpires in their writing.
I particularly appreciated the ‘Wake up!’ chapter as well as its corresponding exercices. It’s a nice low pressure introduction to the practice of mindfulness.
I liked the ‘Loosen up!’ chapter a lot less. I actually think that, depending on your mental state, some exercises can be somewhat dangerous to take part in as they actively ask you to engage with triggering thoughts.
March 13, 2020
Provides a good insight into ACT. Also has multiple mindfulness techniques.
July 28, 2017
Not everything in here will work for anybody, but something in here will work for everybody!
It's well written and breaks down ACT in very manageable chunks. There are plenty of activities to keep you engaged, although some of them seem a bit silly, they get you to think.
I gained a lot from the section on values, and not so much from the section about the observer self (meditation is not my bag). I'll definitely be thinking more about my values and how closely I am living them.
Thanks to Netgalley for the read.
It's well written and breaks down ACT in very manageable chunks. There are plenty of activities to keep you engaged, although some of them seem a bit silly, they get you to think.
I gained a lot from the section on values, and not so much from the section about the observer self (meditation is not my bag). I'll definitely be thinking more about my values and how closely I am living them.
Thanks to Netgalley for the read.
August 9, 2023
This ACT workbook has been super helpful for me to navigate my ways of getting in my own way. For me, the practice of reading this (for which I really, really took my time) was itself the start of me applying what I was learning in the book. I anticipate that I will keep it handy and refer back to it as needed. And, I should underscore what the authors point out a number of times in the beginning and end, which is that this method (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) may not be a fit for all.
February 12, 2018
I didn’t enjoy this book as much as The Little CBT Book. There were a lot of techniques that I had read in The Power of Now. Nevertheless the chapter on values was most useful and has helped me to focus on what I deem important. Worth reading if you want more techniques to calm the thoughts in your head!
November 12, 2019
Great introduction to ACT
Great book. The ideas and strategies discussed are very helpful. What's left now is putting some of the 'waking up', 'loosening up', and 'stepping up' tools into action!
Great book. The ideas and strategies discussed are very helpful. What's left now is putting some of the 'waking up', 'loosening up', and 'stepping up' tools into action!
July 12, 2020
"Best self help book I've ever read. It actually made me realise some of the stuff I was doing last year was this. The activities and hobbies are so important. I think I was just to involved to actually see what was going on. A must read for everyone"
January 25, 2023
I loved that this book didn’t claim to be a sure fire fix and it recognised different people will take different things from it. I also thought in understand what ACT is long before I got to the end of the book (unlike the book by Mila Von Leiem)
September 3, 2017
A good intro to ACT - includes a few exercises to get you started, a list of recommended readings, and other resources.
February 22, 2020
A very concise, accessible introduction to ACT.
August 12, 2020
Excellent mini book on ACT used with clients who understood and enjoyed the reading
October 27, 2020
It's easy to understand the core framework of ACT. It's both useful for patients and therapists.
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