A Liberated Mind

The essential guide to ACT

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  • Over
  • the
  • last
  • 35
  • years,
  • Steven
  • C.
  • Hayes
  • and
  • his
  • colleagues
  • have
  • developed
  • Acceptance
  • and
  • Commitment
  • Therapy
  • (ACT)
  • with
  • many
  • hundreds
  • of
  • studies
  • supporting
  • the
  • impact
  • of
  • his
  • approach
  • on
  • everything
  • from
  • chronic
  • pain
  • to
  • weight
  • loss
  • to
  • prejudice
  • and
  • bigotry.A
  • Liberated
  • Mind
  • is
  • the
  • summary
  • of
  • Steven’s
  • life’s
  • work
  • which
  • will
  • teach
  • readers
  • how
  • to
  • live
  • better,
  • happier
  • and
  • more
  • fulfilled
  • lives
  • by
  • applying
  • the
  • six
  • key
  • processes
  • of
  • ACT.
  • Put
  • together
  • these
  • processes
  • teach
  • us
  • to
  • pivot:
  • to
  • “defuse”
  • rather
  • than
  • fuse
  • with
  • our
  • thoughts;
  • to
  • see
  • life
  • from
  • a
  • new
  • perspective;
  • and
  • to
  • discover
  • our
  • chosen
  • values,
  • those
  • qualities
  • of
  • being
  • that
  • fuel
  • meaning.Steve
  • shares
  • fascinating
  • research
  • results
  • like
  • how
  • ACT
  • techniques
  • decreased
  • typing
  • errors
  • on
  • a
  • clerical
  • test
  • or
  • showed
  • that
  • positive
  • affirmations
  • actually
  • increase
  • negative
  • emotion.
  • And
  • he
  • weaves
  • them
  • with
  • stories
  • of
  • clients
  • and
  • colleagues
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • his
  • own
  • riveting
  • story
  • of
  • healing
  • himself
  • of
  • a
  • severe
  • panic
  • disorder,
  • which
  • is
  • how
  • the
  • idea
  • of
  • psychological
  • flexibility
  • was
  • born.A
  • Liberated
  • Mind
  • is
  • a
  • powerful
  • and
  • important
  • book
  • about
  • a
  • new
  • form
  • of
  • psychology,
  • destined
  • to
  • become
  • a
  • modern
  • classic
  • of
  • narrative
  • psychology
  • on
  • par
  • with
  • Daring
  • Greatly
  • and
  • Rising
  • Strong
  • by
  • Brene
  • Brown,
  • or
  • Carol
  • Dweck’s Mindset.
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