The Best Self-Help Book Yet?
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This is a breakthrough self-help book. Feel like you've heard it all before, or simply that nothing seems to have worked, then this book could be for you.
The book is based on a new and arguably revolutionary psychological therapy named Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which has a emerging good quality research base for a range of difficulties including depression, stress and burnout, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, smoking cessation, chronic pain, and psychosis.
If you buy this book and want to get the most out it, I'd strongly recommend engaging fully in the exercises it suggests. It has the potential to radically change the way you think about yourself, your relationships and the way you see your world. It is a deeply compassionate, very cleverly written book, and you may be surprised to find in places that it even manages to predict what you mind has to say.
In addition to being an immensely valuable self-help resource, the book is also a great way of 'getting into' ACT for practitioners trying wanting to learn more about this therapy. As a practitioner, engaging fully with the book could provide you with a deeper understanding of the therapy experientially and theoretically. It's an excellent teaching resource and indeed has recently been used as a learning resource for therapists on the UK ACT listserve group.
I should add that the book is not for the faint heated, and is not necessarily a quick fix. It will confront you with your pain, and help you look deeply toward what you most value. At times it may seem not to make sense logically and may leave you feeling conceptually and emotionally confused. If this happens, stick with the book - the confusion may well be opening you up to new possibilities.
In summary, this is a ground breaking, theoretically informed, evidence-based self-help resource that could help you overcome your suffering and engage more fully with your life. I would highly recommend it.
A word of caution: If you have severe mental health difficulties, I would encourage you to first discus the book with an accredited mental health professional (e.g. psychologist, counselor) before using it.
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