ACT Your Way to the Life You Love: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workbook

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ACT Your Way to the Life You love is a comprehensive guide designed to help individuals understand the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and use the tools to navigate a life of meaning and purpose. With a combination of psychoeducation, exercises, and worksheets, this workbook helps foster personal growth and psychological flexibility.

Structured into a six-week corresponding online course, this ACT workbook walks its readers through the ACT six core processes: acceptance, defusion, present moment awareness, the observing self, values, and committed action. Each section offers an explanation of these concepts, as well as accompanying worksheets that allow individuals to explore their internal experiences, increase self-wareness, and develop helpful coping strategies to increase emotional resilience for managing difficult emotions and challenging life situations.

While our instincts tell us to avoid difficult feelings like anxiety and depression, this often pulls us further from living the life we want. Through mindfulness exercises and values clarification, this workbook allows individuals to develop deeper meaning and purpose within their lives by engaging in increased values-based living. Dive into this workbook for a structured framework for personal transformation and emotional well-being.

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"Allison Stepka's ACT Workbook is a marvelous tool for clients and clinicians alike. The writing is excellent without being overly simplistic and the workbook is filled with clear explanations of ACT principles and practical, easy-to-use exercises. A handy and useful guide for those interested in learning more about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, this workbook is of great value to those in need of relief from pain and suffering."
Dr. Seth Kadish
Author of Pop Your Patterns and Homeboys

"ACT Your Way to the Life You Love is a clear and practical 6-week workbook that is easy to use personally and in the therapy room with clients. The concepts are explained in simple terms and the exercises are engaging. This straightforward workbook is great for people with busy lives who value self-development."
Dr. Adriana Westby-Trent
Executive Clinical Director, PCH Center

Author Bio

Allison Stepka is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Clinical Counselor based in Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a BA in Psychology with an emphasis in Neuroscience, and Pepperdine University with a MA in Clinical Psychology. Allison has extensive experience utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the treatment of OCD and Anxiety, and is also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to address trauma.