LETTER FROM STEVEN HAYES

Dear Reader,

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy took many years to develop, but it hasn't taken many years to penetrate the field. In part that is because of the foresight and commitment of New Harbinger Publications in bringing out high quality therapist and client ACT books and DVDs.

Continuing in that tradition, New Harbinger is now releasing several new ACT books: client books on PTSD, and anxiety; therapist volumes on depression, PTSD, and case conceptualization. Building on existing books, a new "core" volume helps therapists learn ACT, and a six-DVD series that includes ACT therapists from around the world shows concrete examples of ACT methods and styles.

With these materials, therapists who are not knowledgeable about ACT can begin to explore it in their clinical practice, and to see directly how it impacts their work. More experienced ACT clinicians can build their skills and create more targeted treatment plans to fit specific client needs.

ACT is an empirically oriented behavioral and cognitive therapy, but in ACT that fact is a foundation, not a fence. It is an approach that is accessible to therapists from virtually any orientation, and speaks to some of the deepest issues we face as clinicians. I have published several ACT books with New Harbinger because they understand that the field is changing and that ACT has a role to play in taking down some of the arbitrary barriers between traditions. If you haven't yet studied ACT and its application to your clinical practice, New Harbinger has become a leading source of the materials needed to do just that.

Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D
University of Nevada

For information about reselling or special ordering our ACT books,
email Ben Clausen or call him at (510) 652-0215 ext. 149.

THE ABCs OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Behavioral Principles for the Practicing Clinician
JONAS RAMNERÖ, Ph.D. & NIKLAS TÖRNEKE, MD
foreword by Kelly G. WILSON, Ph.D.
This is the first book to present modern behavioral psychology to practicing clinicians. It focuses both on the classical principles of learning, as well as the more recent developments that help explain language and cognition.
ISBN: 9781572245389 • hardcover • 232 pages • US $49.95 • CAN $55.95
TABLE of CONTENTS

ACCEPTANCE & MINDFULNESS TREATMENTS FOR CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS: A Practitioner’s Guide
edited by LAURIE A. GRECO, Ph.D. & STEVEN C. HAYES, Ph.D.
Edited by two luminaries in the field of third-wave behavior therapy, this book offers a much-needed adaptation of these revolutionary techniques for young people and their families, providing a wealth of new approaches to therapists, counselors, and other helping professionals.
ISBN: 9781572245419 • hardcover • 256 pages • US $59.95 • CAN $66.95
available July 2008 • TABLE of CONTENTS

A CBT-PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO ACT: How to Bridge the Gap Between Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy & Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
JOSEPH V. CIARROCHI, Ph.D.& ANN BAILEY, MA
foreword by STEVEN C. HAYES, Ph.D.
A CBT-Practitioner’s Guide to ACT helps professionals whose clinical education focused on traditional, change-based cognitive behavior therapies navigate the practical and theoretical challenges that come with incorporating the new and promising acceptance-based strategies into their work.
ISBN: 9781572245518 • trade paper •/ 240 pages • US $39.95 • CAN $44.95 available December 2008

DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING
Applications for Learners with Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities A Progressive Guide to Change
edited by RUTH ANNE REHFELDT, Ph.D., BCBA, & YVONNE BARNES-HOLMES, Ph.D.
foreword bySTEVEN C. HAYES, Ph.D.
The techniques in this book are based on derived stimulus relations technology and provide practitioners with a set of tools for the implementation of educational interventions. These powerful techniques help clients with autism and other developmental disabilities acquire verbal, social, and cognitive skills.
ISBN: 9781572245365 • hardcover • 552 pages • US $84.95 • CAN $94.95
available February 2009

LIVING BEYOND YOUR PAIN
Joanne Dahl, Ph.D., And Tobias Lundgren, MS
Foreword by Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
A book that breaks with conventional notions of pain management. The ACT approach to chronic pain assumes that pain is a normal part of living. Attempts to avoid it often cause more harm than good. By accepting and learning to live with pain, readers learn to limit the control it exerts over their lives.
ISBN-10: 1572244097 • ISBN-13: 9781572244092
trade paper • 192 pages • US $19.95 • CAN $24.95
TABLE of CONTENTS

THE MINDFULNESS & ACCEPTANCE WORKBOOK FOR ANXIETY: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias & Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
John P. Forsyth , Ph.D. & Georg H. Eifert , Ph.D.
This exciting and innovative ACT workbook is the first self-help book to adapt the techniques of ACT into a powerful program readers can use to overcome any of their anxiety disorders. The book includes a CD with audio mindfulness exercises and client worksheets.
ISBN: 9781572244993 • trade paper + CD Plus • 288 pages • US $21.95 •
CAN $23.95
TABLE of CONTENTS

THE MINDFULNESS & ACCEPTANCE WORKBOOK FOR DEPRESSION: Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy to Move Through Depression & Create a Life Worth Living
KIRK D. STROSAHL, Ph.D. & PATRICIA J. ROBINSON, Ph.D.
foreword by STEVEN C. HAYES, Ph.D.
From Kirk Strosahl, cofounder of acceptance and commitment therapy, this book develops the revolutionary techniques of this new approach into a clear, step-bystep strategy readers can use to live a rich and meaningful life with depression.
ISBN: 9781572245488 • trade paper + CD Plus • 320 pages •
US $21.95 • CAN $23.95 •available June 2008 •TABLE of CONTENTS

THE WORRY TRAP
Chad Lejeune, Ph.D.
Foreword by Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
This engaging and effective self-help book adapts the ACT approach to the needs of readers struggling with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and subclinical worry. An excellent choice for bibliotherapy or for between-session homework for clients
ISBN-10: 1572244801 • ISBN-13: 9781572244801
trade paper • 208 pages • US $16.95 • CAN $20.95
TABLE of CONTENTS

TALKING ACT
Edited By David Chantry, Clin. Psy.D.
Subscribers to the ACT Listserv know about the wealth of original, innovative thinking that takes place in that useful forum. This book, edited by British psychotherapist David Chantry, records a number of rich discussions from the archives of the Listserv into an easy-to-read account of the development of this exciting model.
ISBN-13: 9781878978585 trade paper • 304 pages • US $39.95 •
see www.contextpress.com for non-US sales

More than other models of psychotherapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an experiential therapy. As an ACT therapist, you'll be "in the trenches" with your clients, confronting painful experiences at the same time they do. As a therapist, you'll ask your clients to be willing to feel what they feel, be mindful of what they think, and keep commitments that are consistent with their personal values. At the same time, you'll be doing the same thing. As you get more familiar with ACT, you'll find that some aspect of the therapy seem unusually simple, matters of common sense. Other aspects will seem very difficult and counterintuitive. Fortunately, ACT resources from New Harbinger Publications can help you fully understand the theoretical and experiential aspects of ACT and bring this remarkable new direction in psychotherapy into your own practice.

ACT DVDs

You've seen the books, now check out the movies!
Don't miss The ACT in Action series, professional training programs
as practiced in an actual clinical setting.

Cognitive
Defusion
1572245298
9781572245297

Values &
Action
1572245301
9781572245303