Mental health and chemical dependency clinicians are in a unique position to improve the lives of their clients, but find it difficult to provide clients with life-changing psychological tools they need within each time-limited appointment. Brief Interventions for Radical Behaviour Change makes it easy for these busy clinicians to integrate important mindfulness, acceptance, and values-based therapeutic work in their interactions with clients.

In just fifteen to thirty minutes, clinicians can identify core issues clients struggle with, apply acceptance interventions to help clients eliminate self-defeating thinking and behaviour, and help clients engage in committed, values-based actions to change their lives for the better. The goal is to emphasize small, positive changes that cumulatively lead to radical changes in clients' lives. These acceptance and commitment therapy-based interventions require minimal time and few follow-up visits, and are capable of catalysing dramatic changes in clients.

Brief interventions have been proven to have a significant clinical impact in helping clients overcome substance abuse, anxiety, depression, and other mental health problems. A must-have resource for every clinician seeking to hasten his or her clients' recovery using cutting-edge techniques from mindfulness and acceptance therapy.

This book introduces therapists to the principles and practice of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or FACT.

About the Author
Kirk Strosahl, is currently principal and consultant for the Mountainview Consulting Group Inc., a firm specializing in providing consultation, program implementation and training services for health care systems seeking to integrate behavioural health and primary medical services and/or develop effective methods for collecting and using clinical outcome data. Strosahl has consulted extensively with both public and private health and mental health care systems on the design and implementation of clinically effective models integrative behavioural care. He is author of numerous articles on the subjects of primary care behavioural health integration, outcome assessment in behavioural health, and the use of practice guidelines and other empirically based methods in clinical practice. He has also co-authored books on the clinical treatment of the suicidal patient and acceptance and commitment therapy.


Book Information
ISBN 9781608823451
Author Kirk D. Strosahl, PhD
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint New Harbinger Publications
Publisher New Harbinger Publications
Weight(grams) 401g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 150mm * 20mm