ACT for Neurological Conditions: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Acquired Brain Injury and Progressive Neurological Conditions

Navigating life with a neurological condition can present unique challenges, sudden changes in life circumstances, unpredictable future events and loss of control. Negotiating the waves of these experiences requires flexibility and willingness to let go of control of the tide.

This unique guide is structured around the key principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It explores the core principles of the ACT hexaflex and how to introduce these to clients to best aid understanding. Evidence-based ACT exercises, from mindfulness exercises to creating visual prompts and workbooks, will help professionals to support the social, emotional and mental health of clients and the challenges their conditions present to their identity.

Guiding professionals looking for ready-to-use resources for their practice and non-specialists working in the field, this book helps clinicians to understand how ACT can be applied and adapted for a range of clients experiencing acquired brain injury and progressive neurological conditions.

Kim Fletcher is a practising UK Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist in the public sector, a clinical-academic at the University of Nottingham, and co-directs a private Clinical Neuropsychology practice - The Brain Place (www.thebrainplace.co.uk). She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her psychotherapy work with people with neurological conditions (- acquired brain injury/progressive neurological conditions).

Amanda Mobley is a UK Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Head of Neuropsychology for Leicester Partnership NHS Trust. Jointly with Kim, she co-directs The Brain Place Ltd. Amanda has applied Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, working with people across acute and community services.