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  • The New Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
  • Written by: Spencer Smith, Steven C. Hayes
  • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
  • Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (19 ratings)

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Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life

Written by: Spencer Smith,Steven C. Hayes
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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Publisher's Summary

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life introduces Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a new approach to psychotherapy that reevaluates our most basic assumptions about mental health, and details how ACT can help you to embrace life and everything it has to offer.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2005 Steven C. Hayes and Spencer Smith (P)2011 Tantor

What the critics say

"If you're tired of standard psychological parlance and still frustrated with your quality of life, this book can be a godsend." (Martha Beck, columnist for O Magazine)
"Trying to 'change' negative thoughts through cognitive gymnastics is like trying to win a war single-handedly. Why waste a life trying the impossible? In Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, advocate Dr. Steven Hayes escorts the mildly depressed, angry, and anxiety prone through a new approach to handling suffering - universal human suffering caused by language's illusions. Rather than fighting off bad thoughts and feelings with internal pep talks, Hayes beautifully explains how to embrace those pessimistic and foreboding mental voices (much like welcoming home one's cranky, play-worn children), 'defuse' them with respectful attention, and commit to leading a purposeful life that includes their occasional ranting." (Amazon.com review)

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Book Is grEAT! But! The NArrator, Speaks LIKE THis

Headline speaks for itself. I mean, Paul Boehmer probably did his best, but my God. It's like a mix between an automated voicemail message and a 90s movie trailer. "Suyacide". Maybe I'm overly critical/cynical, but it does distract quite a bit.

The book, otherwise, is full of helpful psychology tools as well as truly insightful concepts, and I recommend you read it if the title resonates with you. Although less convenient, I can't recommend a paperback or hardcover copy enough. Firstly, because the exercises and examples are visual tools that were translated with a lot of difficulty. Secondly, I tried, but coulldn't take this version seriously due to the performance (at least at first).

Some nuance: the further I got in the book, the less distracting the narration became. Halfway through, I started my process of acceptance. It's not too bad overall, and the ideas the book presents will likely be remembered longer than their Hollywood movie trailer delivery.

Another practical book for you to try out, in the same vein as this one, but with a much better audiobook would be "Feeling Good" by David Burns. An even better one? "Reinventing Your Life" by Jeffrey Yeung, though it's in paperback only. It resonates similar themes and helped me personally through severe depression and a remarkably cynical worldview. Hope this helps, because I spent 10 work minutes typing it and I don't want to confirm how much of a waste it all was.

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narrator distracts from content

seems like a valuable book and i really admire this author - but i'm not sure if i'll be able to finish listening to it as the narratation style is extremely distracting. Would love to learn from stephen c hayes himself, but may need to choose another ACT book!

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A long time missing manual for human kind

A must read book for anyone who spends a lot of time with humans. Really opened my eyes and explained so many little facts and epiphanies that I had personally discovered through life experience. Thank you De. Hayes for this amazing work

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