Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples: A Clinician's Guide to Using Mindfulness, Values, and Schema Awareness to Rebuild Relationships
by Matthew Mckay Phd, Avigail Lev Psyd
This clinician's guide equips therapists with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy methods for couples, using mindfulness to build emotional awareness, values to align shared goals, and schema awareness to address relational patterns. It offers practical tools to help partners accept challenges and rebuild stronger connections through targeted exercises and strategies.
About This Book
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples offers a structured approach for clinicians working with relational challenges. The guide focuses on integrating mindfulness practices to enhance emotional presence between partners.
Values clarification is a core component, helping couples align their actions with shared principles to rebuild trust and commitment. Schema awareness techniques address underlying patterns that may hinder healthy interactions.
Designed for mental health professionals, the book provides step-by-step strategies to facilitate therapy sessions. It emphasizes practical exercises that promote acceptance and defusion from unhelpful thoughts in the context of couple dynamics.
By combining these elements, therapists can guide couples toward more resilient and fulfilling relationships. The methods are grounded in evidence-based practices tailored specifically for relational work.
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