27 Books like ACT Made Simple

A Liberated Mind

by Steven C. Hayes • 2019

Language gave us anxiety. Stop fighting your inner voice and reclaim what matters.

4.25

2k+

🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🌊 Psychological Flexibility 👁️ Thought Awareness

A Liberated Mind 98%

Language gave us anxiety. Stop fighting your inner voice and reclaim what matters.

by Steven C. Hayes 2019

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🌊 Psychological Flexibility 👁️ Thought Awareness

Brief Interventions for Radical Change

by Kirk D. Strosahl • 2012

Radical change in one to four sessions: focused ACT tools that reveal what keeps clients stuck.

4.49

136

🕐 Brief Therapy 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🌱 Psychological Flexibility

Brief Interventions for Radical Change Summary

Brief Interventions for Radical Change 97%

Radical change in one to four sessions: focused ACT tools that reveal what keeps clients stuck.

by Kirk D. Strosahl 2012

4.49

136 ratings

🕐 Brief Therapy 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🌱 Psychological Flexibility

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

by Steven C. Hayes • 1999

Language gave us the world, then turned on us. A clinical system for escaping the verbal trap.

4.29

924

🛋️ Psychotherapy 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🌊 Emotional Acceptance

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Summary

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy 97%

Language gave us the world, then turned on us. A clinical system for escaping the verbal trap.

by Steven C. Hayes 1999

4.29

924 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🌊 Emotional Acceptance

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Dummies

by Freddy Jackson Brown • 2016

What if fighting your thoughts IS the problem? Skills for a life your mind can't derail.

3.97

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🔄 Psychological Flexibility

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Dummies Summary

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Dummies 96%

What if fighting your thoughts IS the problem? Skills for a life your mind can't derail.

by Freddy Jackson Brown 2016

3.97

96 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🔄 Psychological Flexibility

You Are Not a Rock

by Mark Freeman • 2018

The path to mental health is feeling, not numbing. A step-by-step guide to accepting discomfort.

4.32

524

🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🔁 Compulsive Behavior 😰 Anxiety Management

You Are Not a Rock 96%

The path to mental health is feeling, not numbing. A step-by-step guide to accepting discomfort.

by Mark Freeman 2018

4.32

524 ratings

🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🔁 Compulsive Behavior 😰 Anxiety Management

Stop Avoiding Stuff

by Matthew S. Boone • 2020

25 microskills from acceptance therapy: act on what matters when every instinct says hide.

3.84

190

🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🚫 Avoidance Patterns 💗 Emotional Acceptance

Stop Avoiding Stuff 96%

25 microskills from acceptance therapy: act on what matters when every instinct says hide.

by Matthew S. Boone 2020

3.84

190 ratings

🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🚫 Avoidance Patterns 💗 Emotional Acceptance

The Worry Trap

by Chad Lejeune • 2007

Stop wrestling with your worries. The acceptance-based method for stepping out of the trap.

3.97

233

🎭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 😟 Anxiety Management 💭 Worry And Rumination

The Worry Trap 95%

Stop wrestling with your worries. The acceptance-based method for stepping out of the trap.

by Chad Lejeune 2007

3.97

233 ratings

🎭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 😟 Anxiety Management 💭 Worry And Rumination

The Mind Workout

by Mark Freeman • 2017

The mental fitness workout: why escaping anxiety is the worst thing you can do for it.

4.06

262

🏋️ Mental Fitness 📖 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Mind Workout 95%

The mental fitness workout: why escaping anxiety is the worst thing you can do for it.

by Mark Freeman 2017

4.06

262 ratings

🏋️ Mental Fitness 📖 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

"Pure O" OCD

by Chad Lejeune • 2023

When thoughts get sticky, fighting them makes it worse. Five steps for stepping back instead.

4.29

616

🧘 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🔄 Ocd Recovery 🌿 Mindfulness Practice

"Pure O" OCD 95%

When thoughts get sticky, fighting them makes it worse. Five steps for stepping back instead.

by Chad Lejeune 2023

4.29

616 ratings

🧘 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🔄 Ocd Recovery 🌿 Mindfulness Practice

Stressilient

by Sam Akbar • 2022

Your brain scans for ancient threats. A clinical psychologist's protocol for teaching it calm.

3.77

242

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛋️ Clinical Psychology 🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

Stressilient 95%

Your brain scans for ancient threats. A clinical psychologist's protocol for teaching it calm.

by Sam Akbar 2022

3.77

242 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛋️ Clinical Psychology 🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

The Happiness Trap

by Russ Harris • 2007

Thoughts aren't facts. Feelings aren't enemies. A clinical path to living well without the struggle.

4.13

21k+

🧠 Third-Wave Cbt 🤲 Acceptance Practice 🧭 Values-Based Living

The Happiness Trap 95%

Thoughts aren't facts. Feelings aren't enemies. A clinical path to living well without the struggle.

by Russ Harris 2007

4.13

21k+ ratings

🧠 Third-Wave Cbt 🤲 Acceptance Practice 🧭 Values-Based Living

The Power of Small

by Aisling Leonard-Curtin • 2019

Break the paralysis of overwhelm with actions so small they're impossible to fail.

3.61

288

🌱 Tiny Habits 🔄 Emotional Flexibility 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

The Power of Small 95%

Break the paralysis of overwhelm with actions so small they're impossible to fail.

by Aisling Leonard-Curtin 2019

3.61

288 ratings

🌱 Tiny Habits 🔄 Emotional Flexibility 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

When Life Hits Hard

by Russ Harris • 2021

Grief is not a fight to win. Make space for pain, then rebuild around what matters.

4.44

176

🕊️ Grief And Healing 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🌊 Third Wave Cbt

When Life Hits Hard 95%

Grief is not a fight to win. Make space for pain, then rebuild around what matters.

by Russ Harris 2021

4.44

176 ratings

🕊️ Grief And Healing 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🌊 Third Wave Cbt

Don't Feed the Monkey Mind

by Jennifer Shannon • 2017

Your go-to anxiety fixes are its fuel. How to starve the loop for good.

4.07

2k+

😰 Anxiety Management 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🪜 Exposure Therapy

Don't Feed the Monkey Mind 95%

Your go-to anxiety fixes are its fuel. How to starve the loop for good.

by Jennifer Shannon 2017

4.07

2k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Management 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🪜 Exposure Therapy

The Anxious Perfectionist

by Clarissa W. Ong • 2022

Perfectionism feeds your anxiety. ACT starves it without lowering your standards.

3.97

697

🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 😰 Perfectionism And Anxiety 💭 Cognitive Defusion

The Anxious Perfectionist 95%

Perfectionism feeds your anxiety. ACT starves it without lowering your standards.

by Clarissa W. Ong 2022

3.97

697 ratings

🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 😰 Perfectionism And Anxiety 💭 Cognitive Defusion

Manage Your Mood

by David Veale • 2007

Depression thrives on withdrawal. The counterintuitive treatment: do what your mood forbids.

3.68

🏃 Behavioral Activation 🩹 Depression Recovery 🧠 Cognitive Distancing

Manage Your Mood 94%

Depression thrives on withdrawal. The counterintuitive treatment: do what your mood forbids.

by David Veale 2007

3.68

22 ratings

🏃 Behavioral Activation 🩹 Depression Recovery 🧠 Cognitive Distancing

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression

by Zindel V. Segal • 2001

Half of recovered patients relapse. Mindfulness training stops the slide before it starts.

4.31

452

🧘 Mindfulness-Based Therapy 🏥 Depression Treatment 🔄 Relapse Prevention

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression Summary

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression 94%

Half of recovered patients relapse. Mindfulness training stops the slide before it starts.

by Zindel V. Segal 2001

4.31

452 ratings

🧘 Mindfulness-Based Therapy 🏥 Depression Treatment 🔄 Relapse Prevention

Detox Your Thoughts

by Andrea Bonior • 2020

You can't out-willpower a toxic thought. The habit-based system for silencing your inner critic.

4.04

1k+

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

Detox Your Thoughts 94%

You can't out-willpower a toxic thought. The habit-based system for silencing your inner critic.

by Andrea Bonior 2020

4.04

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

Calming the Emotional Storm

by Sheri Van Dijk • 2012

The DBT skills that let you ride out intense emotions instead of being swept away.

4.15

885

🧠 Dbt Therapy 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Calming the Emotional Storm 94%

The DBT skills that let you ride out intense emotions instead of being swept away.

by Sheri Van Dijk 2012

4.15

885 ratings

🧠 Dbt Therapy 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🧘 Mindfulness Practice

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

by Julie Smith • 2022

A psychologist's field guide to handling stress, grief, and self-criticism without the therapy wait.

3.85

50k+

🌊 Emotional Regulation 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Summary

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? 94%

A psychologist's field guide to handling stress, grief, and self-criticism without the therapy wait.

by Julie Smith 2022

3.85

50k+ ratings

🌊 Emotional Regulation 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy

by Eugene T. Gendlin • 1996

Your client's body knows what words cannot reach. The clinical method for guiding them inward.

4.38

🧘 Experiential Therapy 🧬 Somatic Therapy 👤 Inner Critic

Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy 94%

Your client's body knows what words cannot reach. The clinical method for guiding them inward.

by Eugene T. Gendlin 1996

4.38

96 ratings

🧘 Experiential Therapy 🧬 Somatic Therapy 👤 Inner Critic

Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors

by Albert Ellis • 2001

Events don't cause emotions. Beliefs do. A direct method for challenging the ones that hurt you.

4.21

236

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🤔 Irrational Beliefs 💭 Thought Challenging

Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors Summary

Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors 94%

Events don't cause emotions. Beliefs do. A direct method for challenging the ones that hurt you.

by Albert Ellis 2001

4.21

236 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🤔 Irrational Beliefs 💭 Thought Challenging

Emotional Agility

by Susan David • 2016

Trapped by emotions you didn't choose? Small, value-driven steps beat dramatic overhauls.

3.98

15k+

🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🎛️ Emotional Regulation 🧭 Values-Based Living

Emotional Agility 94%

Trapped by emotions you didn't choose? Small, value-driven steps beat dramatic overhauls.

by Susan David 2016

3.98

15k+ ratings

🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🎛️ Emotional Regulation 🧭 Values-Based Living

Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy

by Halko Weiss • 2015

How to access core unconscious beliefs through the body and transform them with mindful experiments.

4.39

🧘 Somatic Psychotherapy 🧠 Mindfulness-Based Therapy 🤝 Therapeutic Presence

Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy Summary

Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy 94%

How to access core unconscious beliefs through the body and transform them with mindful experiments.

by Halko Weiss 2015

4.39

79 ratings

🧘 Somatic Psychotherapy 🧠 Mindfulness-Based Therapy 🤝 Therapeutic Presence

Overcoming Depersonalization Disorder

by Fugen Neziroglu • 1991

The more you check for feeling real, the less you feel. An acceptance-based recovery guide.

3.83

111

😶‍🌫️ Depersonalization 🧠 Dissociative Disorders 🧭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

Overcoming Depersonalization Disorder Summary

Overcoming Depersonalization Disorder 94%

The more you check for feeling real, the less you feel. An acceptance-based recovery guide.

by Fugen Neziroglu 1991

3.83

111 ratings

😶‍🌫️ Depersonalization 🧠 Dissociative Disorders 🧭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

F**K It Therapy

by John C. Parkin • 2012

Stop analyzing your thoughts. The two-word release that works faster than therapy.

3.49

986

🛋️ Therapeutic Self-Help 😏 Irreverent Self-Help 🧘 Mindfulness For Skeptics

F**K It Therapy 94%

Stop analyzing your thoughts. The two-word release that works faster than therapy.

by John C. Parkin 2012

3.49

986 ratings

🛋️ Therapeutic Self-Help 😏 Irreverent Self-Help 🧘 Mindfulness For Skeptics

Body-Centered Psychotherapy

by Ron Kurtz • 1990

Your body holds the beliefs your mind conceals. A mindful therapy for reaching and revising them.

4.26

160

🧘 Somatic Psychotherapy 🧠 Mindfulness In Therapy 🎭 Character Patterns

Body-Centered Psychotherapy 94%

Your body holds the beliefs your mind conceals. A mindful therapy for reaching and revising them.

by Ron Kurtz 1990

4.26

160 ratings

🧘 Somatic Psychotherapy 🧠 Mindfulness In Therapy 🎭 Character Patterns

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