Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a new approach to psychotherapy
that rethinks even our most basic assumptions of mental well-being. Starting
with the assumption that the normal condition of human existence is suffering
and struggle, ACT works by first encouraging individuals to accept their lives
as they are in the here and now. This acceptance is an antidote to the problem
of avoidance, which ACT views as among the greatest risk factors for unnecessary
suffering and poor mental health. The process of ACT includes help for
individuals to identify a set of core values, a personal set of objectives that
matter to them personally. The therapy then encourages the individual to commit
to behavior that furthers these values despite potentially painful emotional
obstacles. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life offers a five-step plan for
coping with painful emotions such as anxiety and depression. It teaches you how
to learn life-enhancing behavior strategies that work to further the goals you
value most. You.ll learn to engage with and overcome painful thoughts and feelings
with step-by-step acceptance and mindfulness-based techniques. You.ll find out how
to let go of control, and develop compassion and flexibility. The realization that
painful feelings cannot be controlled will open you to the possibility of fully
emotional living. Once present, engaged, and aware, you can begin to build new
lives for yourself filled with significance and meaning. This book is not about
overcoming pain or fighting emotions; it.s about embracing life and feeling
everything it has to offer. In this way, it offers a way out of suffering by
choosing to life a life based on what matters most.

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