The Art & Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy: Helping Clients Discover, Explore, and Commit to Valued Action Using Acceptance a

Psychologists Dahl (U. of Uppsala, Sweden), Jennifer C. Plumb (U. of Nevada-Reno), Ian Stewart (National U. of Ireland-Galway), and Tobias Lundgren (U. of Uppsala) introduce acceptance and commitment therapy and explain how therapists can integrate it with other psychotherapeutic approaches in their practice. Among the topics are relational frame theory, fusion and potential language traps, the process of valuing, compassion and the therapeutic relationship, core processes and values, developing and maintaining committed action, and the values compass. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)