Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Acquired Brain Injury

CHAPTER ONE

ACT resilience training in multiple sclerosis                                                

   Kenneth I. Pakenham and Ambra Mara Giovannetti

CHAPTER TWO

“Rather than be in a cage, be in a cocoon”: A pilot yoga-

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group for people with Acquired Brain Injury

   Mairéad Jones, Jenn Galvin and Marcia Ward

CHAPTER THREE

ACT with older adults after stroke                                                                                                       

  Ana Rita Silva, Paula Castilho and Sérgio A. Carvalho

CHAPTER FOUR

Relational approaches: ACT with female relatives of people with brain injury                   

   Jo Johnson

 CHAPTER FIVE

ACTing through the stroke journey: Acute, inpatient and community rehabilitation from    

the perspective of a stroke survivor and two psychologists

   Lucy Martin, Marcia Ward and Fiadhnait O’ Keeffe

CHAPTER SIX

Creative interventions with ACT and severe brain injury                                                           

   Richard Coates

CHAPTER SEVEN

Informing therapeutic practice after a traumatic brain injury: Values                                          

identification and achievement during engagement in Acceptance and

Commitment Therapy

   Diane Whiting, Grahame Simpson and Frank Deane

 CHAPTER EIGHT

Life asks you questions: Presence as process in Acceptance and Commitment              

Therapy for adults with aphasia

   Fiona O’Neill

 CHAPTER NINE

Applying the Relational Frame Theory account of the self to self-related issues                            

following a traumatic brain injury

   Alison Stapleton, Richard Coates, Fergus Gracey and Louise McHugh

 CHAPTER TEN

Evaluating a novel, online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention                 

for allied healthcare professionals in a neurorehabilitation setting

   Karen Kinsella, Marcia Ward and Sharon Houghton

Biography

Richard Coates works as a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist in Independent Practice. He co-founded the Neuro-ACT Facebook group, which aims to connect clinicians and researchers worldwide using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with people with neurological conditions. Richard is engaged with ACT in many contexts: his work with clients, supervision, training, research, community and himself. Connection, creativity, learning and kindness matter to him.

'Fresh, innovative and needed, this book brings you some of the best and most cutting-edge work on the application of the Psychological Flexibility Model and ACT to the problems of those with Acquired Brain Injury and related conditions. It’s not a cookbook – but more of an inspirational guide that asks you the clinician to explore, evolve and innovate by targeting evidence-based processes as way of rising to the unique challenges faced by ABI patients. These problems are hardly uncommon – it’s time to put clinical creativity into action in the field of neurorehabilitation. This book will help you do so. Highly recommended.'

Steven C. Hayes, Foundation Professor of Psychology Emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno, Originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

'There are few life events more traumatic than a brain injury. For both client and therapist, the challenges are huge: stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, loss, threat to one’s identity, interpersonal issues ... and the list goes on. And it is no exaggeration to say that this book heralds a genuine revolution in the psychological treatment of brain injury. Within these pages you’ll find a wealth of innovative and practical tools, techniques and strategies to help brain-injured clients adapt to their challenges, handle their difficult thoughts and feelings more effectively, develop self-acceptance and self-compassion and build a meaningful life in the face of their loss.'

Dr Russ Harris, Author of The Happiness Trap and ACT Made Simple