Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life

The New Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

By: Spencer Smith, Steven C. Hayes

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life introduces Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a new approach to psychotherapy that reevaluates our most basic assumptions about mental health, and details how ACT can help you to embrace life and everything it has to offer.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©2005 Steven C. Hayes and Spencer Smith (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"If you're tired of standard psychological parlance and still frustrated with your quality of life, this book can be a godsend." (Martha Beck, columnist for O Magazine)

"Trying to 'change' negative thoughts through cognitive gymnastics is like trying to win a war single-handedly. Why waste a life trying the impossible? In Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, advocate Dr. Steven Hayes escorts the mildly depressed, angry, and anxiety prone through a new approach to handling suffering - universal human suffering caused by language's illusions. Rather than fighting off bad thoughts and feelings with internal pep talks, Hayes beautifully explains how to embrace those pessimistic and foreboding mental voices (much like welcoming home one's cranky, play-worn children), 'defuse' them with respectful attention, and commit to leading a purposeful life that includes their occasional ranting." (Amazon.com review)

life saver!!

thanks to hereospack academy was based out of Colorado springs co... they practice this in training ptsd service dog for VETS as well in helping the vets with mindfulness!!! both the ACT therapy n mindfulness n hereospack totally saved my life!!!!!!

Good for whole family

This is one of the best books we've ever listened to as a family. We age from 8 to 53, and we all loved it. In fact, our dad is listening to it again for I think the thirteenth time. It's just plain ole good, clean fun with mystery, mayhem and magic.
--Cheryl A

The Gub-Gub goes Whooooooo!

Amazing book a must read for anyone struggling with unhealthy thoughts! Full of very helpful strategies to stop avoiding fearful situations.. This book can help change your life

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It will help you see what is happening with you, and what to do. I am grateful for it.

For me the material is difficult to absorb.

I didn't find the techniques useful. Maybe I should seek a therapist to understand ACT.