Brief Interventions for Radical Behavior Change is a valuable resource for clinicians?a collection of fifteen to thirty minute therapeutic interventions based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) that can be used to help clients overcome any psychological difficulty, including anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Key Selling Points: ? The authors' previous book, The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression (ISBN: 978 1572245488), has sold over 30,000 copies. Page 63 of 83 TIP SHEET TIP SHEET ? This is the first book on applying ACT principles in brief, fifteen to thirty minute encounters with clients. ACT is uniquely suited for delivery in brief interventions because it shifts the focus from preventing private negative emotions, a time consuming endeavor, to increasing values based activity. ? A growing number of mental health and chemical dependency clinicians are being pressured by managed care networks to complete treatment in fewer sessions. These brief interventions help clients learn and apply ACT techniques efficiently. Description: 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 Behavior 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 behavior, 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 catalyzing 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. Author Bio: Kirk Strosahl, PhD, 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 behavioral 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 behavioral care. He is author of numerous articles on the subjects of primary care behavioral health integration, outcome assessment in behavioral health, and the use of practice guidelines and other empirically based methods in clinical practice. He has also coauthored books on the clinical treatment of the suicidal patient and acceptance and commitment therapy. Patricia Robinson, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at Mountainview Consulting Group Inc., in Zillah, WA. Thomas Gustavsson, MSc, is a licensed psychologist and one of the founders of Psykologpartners, the biggest consultant firm for psychological services in Scandinavia. He has worked as a consultant to implement acceptance and commitment therapy in psychiatry and community based services with social workers, treatment centers, schools, and primary care clinics.
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.
Review :
"Brief Interventions for Radical Change is an excellent resource for primary care clinicians wanting to make efficient use of their time with patients. It's a practical guide for a patient-centered, functional approach, and provides case examples with individuals, couples, and groups."
--Debra A. Gould, MD, MPH, family physician and coauthor of Real Behavior Change in Primary Care, Improving Patient Outcomes and Increasing Job Satisfaction
"This book has the wrong title. It should be: Everything You Need to Know Stated Clearly, Free of Jargon and Hype that Will Enable You to Help a Broad and Diverse Range of Clients Effectively and Efficiently. On second thought, Brief Interventions for Radical Change, like the book, is more to the point."
--Scott D. Miller, PhD, director at the International Center for Clinical Excellence, Cummings professor of behavioral health at Arizona State University, and author of The Heart and Soul of Change
"Brief therapy alert: This book is valuable reading for anyone interested in time-sensitive 'brief' therapy. It provides theory, methodology, research evidence, and numerous clinical examples for how to help clients rapidly make significant changes. It is also an excellent introduction to the larger field of acceptance and commitment therapy, offering concepts and techniques that clinicians can adapt to their own practices. Strongly recommended!"
--Michael F. Hoyt, PhD, author of Brief Psychotherapies and Interviews with Brief Therapy
"If you are looking for a rapid way to help people reduce their suffering and make positive changes, this book can show you the way. The four questions Strosahl, Robinson, and Gustavsson provide can give you a quick handle both on what's going on with clients and on how to help them change. A nice variation on the ACT method with some new insights and additions to make it compatible with clients' and third-party payers' demands for efficient and effective treatment."
--Bill O'Hanlon, author of Change 101, A Brief Guide to Brief Therapy, and The Change Your Life Book
"Strosahl, Gustavsson, and Robinson have written an inspiring book for all clinicians to read and to use in their daily practice. The genius of focused acceptance and commitment therapy is that it not only includes new insights, but it also dispels the myths about brief interventions. This book shows that a focused approach is exactly what many people need to help them recapture a sense of being fully alive."
--Mark Williams, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Oxford, and coauthor of The Mindful Way Through Depression
"This book is a must-read not only for ACT therapists with an interest in brief therapy, but for any ACT therapist who wants to improve their efficiency and effectiveness with the model. Low on theory and high on practicality, this book is choc-a-bloc full of new tools and techniques for brief but powerful ACT interventions. You'll be amazed at how simple and easy it makes the trickier aspects of ACT, such as self-as-context and creative hopelessness. If you want to get better results in less time with more clients, then you need to read this book right now!"
--Russ Harris, author of The Happiness Trap
