Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): An Overview for Practitioners

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2012 English Publisher:SAGE PublicationsJournal:Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, volume 22, pages 279-285 (issn: 1037-2911, eissn: 1839-2520,

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Authors: Tim Bowden; Sandra Bowden;

doi: 10.1017/jgc.2012.32

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): An Overview for Practitioners

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers school counsellors a practical and meaningful approach to helping students deal with a range of issues. This is achieved through encouraging psychological flexibility through the application of six key principles. This article describes our introduction to ACT, ACT's application to children and adolescents, and the creation and use of our ACT-based book for young people I Just Want To Be . . . Me!.

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