Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Acquired Brain Injury

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-04548-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 357 g

Reihe: The Neuro-Disability and Psychotherapy Series

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) allows people with acquired brain injury to develop psychological flexibility, in order to lead a vital life, despite all the difficult thoughts, feelings and brain injury symptoms that are present.

Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Acquired Brain Injury brings together contributions from highly experienced clinicians, using innovative approaches in ACT for acquired brain injury, in the context of individuals, working with relatives, groups and multidisciplinary teams.

This book will be a valuable resource for clinical psychologists, clinical neuropsychologists, counselling psychologists, cognitive behaviour therapists, psychiatrists and counsellors working therapeutically with clients with acquired brain injury.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coates, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CHAPTER ONE

ACT resilience training in multiple sclerosis Kenneth I. Pakenham and Ambra Mara Giovannetti

CHAPTER TWO

“Rather than be in a cage, be in a cocoon”: A pilot yoga-

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group for people with Acquired Brain Injury Mairéad Jones, Jenn Galvin and Marcia Ward

CHAPTER THREE

ACT with older adults after stroke Ana Rita Silva, Paula Castilho and Sérgio A. Carvalho

CHAPTER FOUR

Relational approaches: ACT with female relatives of people with brain injury Jo Johnson CHAPTER FIVE

ACTing through the stroke journey: Acute, inpatient and community rehabilitation from

the perspective of a stroke survivor and two psychologists Lucy Martin, Marcia Ward and Fiadhnait O’ Keeffe

CHAPTER SIX

Creative interventions with ACT and severe brain injury Richard Coates

CHAPTER SEVEN

Informing therapeutic practice after a traumatic brain injury: Values

identification and achievement during engagement in Acceptance and

Commitment Therapy Diane Whiting, Grahame Simpson and Frank Deane CHAPTER EIGHT

Life asks you questions: Presence as process in Acceptance and Commitment

Therapy for adults with aphasia Fiona O’Neill CHAPTER NINE

Applying the Relational Frame Theory account of the self to self-related issues

following a traumatic brain injury Alison Stapleton, Richard Coates, Fergus Gracey and Louise McHugh CHAPTER TEN

Evaluating a novel, online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention

for allied healthcare professionals in a neurorehabilitation setting Karen Kinsella, Marcia Ward and Sharon Houghton

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Coates works as a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist in Independent Practice. He co-founded the Neuro-ACT Facebook group, which aims to connect clinicians and researchers worldwide using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with people with neurological conditions. Richard is engaged with ACT in many contexts: his work with clients, supervision, training, research, community and himself. Connection, creativity, learning and kindness matter to him.