Further Sources

Books

You can find loads of great books about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) out there. Here are a few recommendations:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change (Guilford Press, 1999), by Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl and Kelly G. Wilson.

The core ACT text! Not only does it describe how ACT is applied across a range of needs, it also covers the underlying philosophy and Relational Frame Theory (RFT).
ACTivate your Life: Using Acceptance and Mindfulness to Build a Life that Is Rich, Fulfilling and Fun (Robinson, 2015), by Joe Oliver, Jon Hill and Eric Morris.

An excellent book for clinicians and those who want to understand and change their own behaviour.
Brief Interventions for Radical Change: Principles and Practice of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (New Harbinger Publications, 2012), by Kirk D. Strosahl, Patricia Robinson and Thomas Gustavsson.

A wonderful book showing how you can change your life profoundly and quickly.
The Research Journey of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (Palgrave Schol, 2015), by Nic Hooper and Andreas Larsson.

If you’re interested in learning about the research base underpinning ACT, this is the book for you. A comprehensive and accessible summary guide to ACT published research.

You can also find lots of useful self-help books, including:

Get Out of Your Mind and into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (New Harbinger Publications, 2005), by Steven C. Hayes and Spencer Smith.

This fantastic book provides lots of great exercises and ways to engage in ACT.
Get the Life You Want: Finding Meaning and Purpose through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Watkins Publishing, 2013), by Freddy Jackson Brown.

An easy-to-read book if you want a straightforward introduction on how to use ACT to create a value-based life.
The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living (Little, Brown, 2008), by Russ Harris.

The original ACT self-help book, it offers lots of mindfulness techniques to help you manage the things that make your existence difficult, such as stress, doubt and insecurity, and simultaneously create a meaningful and enjoyable life.

Lots of opportunities exist to train in ACT, from short courses to courses within broader degree programmes. Check out:

The training page on the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science’s (ACBS) website, which is one of the best places to look for training events near you — www.contextualscience.org/act_training.
The ACT special interest group within the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies, which regularly puts on excellent training events — www.babcp.com/Training/Events.aspx.
The MSc in Applied Behavioural Analysis at Bangor University and the MSc in Behaviour Analysis and Therapy at the University of South Wales. These courses are designed to develop advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of the basic principles of behavioural analysis and the application of those principles within clinical and research settings — www.bangor.ac.uk/psychology/postgraduate-modules/C8BL/year1; http://courses.southwales.ac.uk/courses/841-msc-behaviour-analysis-and-therapy.

Check out these websites for additional online information about ACT:

www.contextualscience.org: The website of the ACBS is the main source of information on ACT and RFT.
www.ACTMindfully.com.au: ACT Mindfully is the website of Russ Harris, one of the best writers of accessible and fun books on ACT. The website is a great starting point for finding out more about ACT, how it works and how to do it. It also offers loads of freely downloadable resources as well as online training. A highly recommended place to start.
www.uk-sba.org: The website of the UK Society for Behaviour Analysis offers a forum for accreditation, professional development, networking and much more. Behaviour analysis is the scientific study of human beings’ functional relationship with the environment and is the wider science within which ACT and RFT sit.
www.abainternational.org: The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) is the foremost professional international organisation representing and promoting behaviour analysis.