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Written by the founders of functional analytic psychotherapy, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Made Simple is the first professional resource to offer a practical treatment approach focused on client interpersonal relationships. Functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) is a proven-effective treatment for mental health disorders, and has been shown to enhance the quality of interpersonal relationships. If you re a therapist, how you relate to your clients can have a profound impact on treatment outcomes. This book integrates the latest research on the importance of the therapist-client relationship with the new science of social connection into a user-friendly, contextual behavioral framework.In this book, you ll find an introduction of the promise and foundation of FAP with an emphasis on practice and reflection, and then dive deeper into each separate element of practice: assessment and case conceptualization, present-moment experience, emotions, self and values, exercises, mistakes in FAP, and getting unstuck in therapy. You ll also learn to help clients implement awareness, courage, and love as the basis of all social connection. Finally, you ll learn how this treatment model can be used to respond to some of the most challenging issues clinicians face, such as clients who aren t improving, clients with whom your relationship is very intense or volatile, clients who are hard to like, and clients with whom there is a lot of frustration or unspoken conflict.No matter your treatment background, this book will provide invaluable strategies for adopting functional analytic psychotherapy in your practice, enhancing relationships with your clients, and improving overall treatment outcomes.

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Author:   Gareth Holman ,  Jonathan Kanter ,  Mavis Tsai ,  Robert Kohlenberg
Publisher:   New Harbinger Publications
Imprint:   New Harbinger Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 20.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   0.592kg
ISBN:  

9781626253513

ISBN 10:   162625351
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   27 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This book is absolutely beautifully written in terms of its prose and message. It offers a sound introduction to FAP, with excellent examples and coherent explanations of what FAP deems to be its core foci. It also works well as an extended description and discussion of the core concept of functional analysis, which is sadly missing from the existing literature. I am frequently asked to explain and illustrate functional analysis, and in the future I will be citing this work as the answer. Although it aims to 'make simple, ' the work is also adequately scholarly. It uses an appropriate level of citations, often missing in similar texts, which undermines the credibility of the proposed arguments. The level of detail provided on relevant studies is also perfect for the target audience. At a more general therapeutic level, the book highlights a very comprehensive and thorough understanding of issues central to competent therapeutic work (e.g., closure). --Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, associate professor of behavior analysis in the department of experimental clinical and health psychology, and faculty of psychology and educational studies at Ghent University in Belgium

FAP brings a unique perspective to the art of therapy. Built on a set of simple principles, it can help therapists and clients build unforgettable and transformative relationships. Whatever your approach, FAP can throw new light on the therapeutic process with precise and effective interventions. It's allowed me to work more flexibly with ACT by helping me to focus on present-moment awareness and interpersonal processes. Though its principles are simple, FAP is an exquisitely sensitive treatment approach. It certainly isn't easy. This book achieves the feat of making it simple by laying out FAP's awareness, courage, and love model in a uniquely accessible way. FAP can change your life and that of your clients. I wish I'd had this book eight years ago, when I first started using FAP principles in my clinical practice. --<b>Benjamin Schoendorff</b>, international ACT trainer; director of the Contextual Psychology Institute in Montreal, QC, Canada; and coauthor of <i>The Essential Guide to the ACT Matrix</i>

After haunting psychotherapy theory for a century, the personal relationship between therapist and client has come to its own as the most powerful tool for therapeutic change. This book explains why and how the personal relationship is essential in the treatment of psychological problems. Seldom has a single volume covered such a broad array of skills and such depths of understanding. Weaving samples of clinical conversation into theory, it makes the complexities of the psychotherapy process--not so much simple, but rather--crystal clear. Its wisdom will cross cultural barriers because it speaks directly to what is at the heart of being human. <b>--Luc Vandenberghe</b>, psychotherapist in private practice and faculty member at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goias, Brazil

After haunting psychotherapy theory for a century, the personal relationship between therapist and client has come to its own as the most powerful tool for therapeutic change. This book explains why and how the personal relationship is essential in the treatment of psychological problems. Seldom has a single volume covered such a broad array of skills and such depths of understanding. Weaving samples of clinical conversation into theory, it makes the complexities of the psychotherapy process not so much simple, but rather crystal clear. Its wisdom will cross cultural barriers because it speaks directly to what is at the heart of being human. <b> Luc Vandenberghe</b>, psychotherapist in private practice and faculty member at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goias, Brazil

Author Information

Gareth Holman (Author) Gareth Holman, PhD, is research scientist and associate director at the Evidence-Based Practice Institute in Seattle WA. He was Bob Kohlenberg's last graduate student at the University of Washington. At EBPI, Gareth designs, builds, and tests tools and trainings to help therapists feel more connected and do better work. Gareth is the lead trainer for FAP Level 1 online trainings and chairs the executive committee at the University of Washington Center for the Science of Social Connection. Jonathan Kanter (Author) Jonathan Kanter, PhD, received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Washington in 2002. He is currently assistant professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he directs the Depression Treatment Specialty Clinic which conducts research and provides behavioral therapy services. Kanter's research focuses on understanding the psychopathology and treatment of depression from a behavioral perspective, with particular emphasis on functional analytic psychotherapy and behavioral activation. He is currently funded by the Center for Addictions and Behavioral Health Research to conduct research on reducing the stigma associated with depression and by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Research Growth Initiative to develop and evaluate behavioral activation for Latino depression. Mavis Tsai (Author) Mavis Tsai, PhD, is cofounder of functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) and director of the FAP Clinic at the University of Washington. Mavis has an international following as a trainer, consultant, and clinician. Robert Kohlenberg (Author) Bob Kohlenberg, PhD, is cofounder of FAP and professor of psychology at the University of Washington.

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