MINDFULNESS- & ACCEPTANCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES IN PRACTICE

By THOMAS DAVIS

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION DEFINING THE APPROACH CURRENT STATUS OF EMPIRICAL SUPPORT FOR MINDFULNESS- AND ACCEPTANCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES ONE AN ACCEPTANCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL CONCEPTUALIZATION OF CLINICAL PROBLEMS RESTRICTED, ENTANGLED, FUSED INTERNAL AWARENESS EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIORAL CONSTRICTION: FAILURE TO ENGAGE IN VALUED ACTION GOALS AND METHODS OF INTERVENTION CONCLUSION TWO CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF RELEVANT DOMAINS SYMPTOM-BASED ASSESSMENT RELATIONSHIP TO INTERNAL EXPERIENCES CURRENT AND PAST COPING STRATEGIES QUALITY OF LIFE PREVIOUS TREATMENT ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT RESOURCES FOR THE CLINICIAN THREE INDIVIDUALIZED CASE FORMULATION AND TREATMENT PLANNING DEVELOPING A CASE FORMULATION EXAMPLE OF A CASE FORMULATION LINKING CASE FORMULATION TO TREATMENT PLANNING FOUR SETTING THE STAGE FOR THERAPY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TREATMENT APPROACH THE THERAPEUTIC STANCE INTRODUCING THE CLIENT TO TREATMENT FIVE OFFERING THE CLIENT AN ACCEPTANCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL MODEL OF HUMAN FUNCTIONING METHODS OF PRESENTING INFORMATION SHARING THE MODEL OF HUMAN FUNCTIONING AND CHALLENGES CHALLENGES IN PRESENTING MODELS CONTENTS SIX MINDFULNESS- AND ACCEPTANCE-BASED STRATEGIES THE NATURE OF ACCEPTANCE CULTIVATING ACCEPTANCE THROUGH MINDFULNESS-BASED PRACTICE: AN OVERVIEW SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE IN MINDFULNESS- AND OTHER ACCEPTANCE-BASED PRACTICES OBSTACLES IN CULTIVATING MINDFULNESS AND ACCEPTANCE SEVEN SETTING THE STAGE FOR BEHAVIORAL CHANGE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF VALUES INITIAL VALUES ASSESSMENT ARTICULATING AND CLARIFYING ONE’S VALUES INCREASING AWARENESS OF ACTION AND INACTION IN VALUED DOMAINS EIGHT PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: PROMOTING MINDFUL, VALUED ACTION PREPARING TO MOVE FROM VALUES ARTICULATION TO VALUES-­CONSISTENT BEHAVIOR MAKING A COMMITMENT TO VALUED ACTIONS AS A PART OF DAILY LIFE OBSTACLES TO COMMITTED ACTION WILLINGNESS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT NINE EVALUATING PROGRESS, RELAPSE PREVENTION, AND ENDING TREATMENT CONTINUAL ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS RELAPSE PREVENTION ENDING THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES THAT ARISE DURING TERMINATION TEN INCORPORATING OTHER EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS WITH ACCEPTANCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES COGNITIVE THERAPY EXPOSURE THERAPY BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION RELAXATION TRAINING SKILLS TRAINING MEDICATION SUMMARY ELEVEN CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ACCEPTANCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES WITH JONATHAN K LEE AND CARA FUCHS THE RELEVANCE OF ABBTS TO CLIENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS ADAPTING ABBTS FOR CLIENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS