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| Be Mighty : A Woman's Guide to Liberation from Anxiety, Worry, and Stress Using Mindfulness and Acceptance
ISBN: 9781684034420
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / New Harbinger Publications
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Psychology;
Psychologist Stoddard (The Big Book of ACT Metaphors) presents a clear, step-by-step walkthrough of the acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) model for changing one's approach to dealing with anxiety. She lays out the philosophy of the ACT model--to improve psychological flexibility by engaging with the present moment and then choosing actions "in line with deeply held personal values"--and then breaks this down into workable components: understanding anxiety, trading anxious avoidance for mindfulness, cultivating willingness to accept internal experiences that are unpleasant, consciously choosing personal values, and coupling actions to values rather than to thoughts and beliefs. Each concept is integrated with journaling exercises and thought experiments designed to create opportunities for experiential learning. While Stoddard focuses on women, her useful information applies to all. She also lists reasons women experience more stress, including societal pressure to choose cultural rather than personal values. Stoddard is authoritative, but also warm and conversational. Readers willing to work through the experiential exercises and self-reflection questions will be won over by Stoddard's practical framework for accepting anxiety as part of the human condition. (Jan.)
Jill A. Stoddard, PhD , is founder and director of The Center for Stress and Anxiety Management, a multisite outpatient clinic in San Diego, CA. She specializes in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and related issues. Stoddard received her PhD in clinical psychology from Boston University in 2007. She is an award-winning teacher, recognized ACT trainer, and coauthor of The Big Book of ACT Metaphors . She lives in San Diego with her husband, two kids, and two French bulldogs. |
