Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Body Image Dissatisfaction: A Guide to Implementing Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Value Change Strategies

A revolutionary method for treating body image dissatisfaction!
This guide is intended for practicing clinicians seeking to help patients overcome low self-esteem and concerns about their appearance. Mindfulness and acceptance approaches target the underlying anxiety and perfectionism that trap many people in destructive relationships with their bodies.
The book presents a clear plan showing individuals how to clarify their values and improve their lives by refocusing attention on what is truly most meaningful and important. The guide provides a clear treatment protocol, supplemented with clinical scenarios, therapeutic exercises, case studies, and worksheets for addressing body image dissatisfaction.
Theoretical and practical change: creative hopelessness, willingness, mindfulness and acceptance, psychological flexibility, values, and goal achievement.
Despite ongoing criticism of overly strict beauty ideals, plastic surgeons and weight loss pill manufacturers continue to profit, while tolerance for body imperfections among people in general seems to diminish day by day. Many strive for physical perfection, but the psychological stress that accompanies body image dissatisfaction drives people to seek help from psychologists.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for body image dissatisfaction is a guide for practicing clinicians aiming to help patients overcome low self-esteem and concerns about their appearance.
Mindfulness and acceptance approaches target the underlying anxiety and perfectionism that trap many people in destructive relationships with their bodies.
This book presents a clear plan showing how to clarify values and improve life by refocusing attention on what is truly meaningful and important. The guide provides a clear treatment protocol, supplemented with clinical scenarios, therapeutic exercises, case studies, and worksheets for overcoming body image dissatisfaction. The treatment protocol described in this book can be effectively applied to both men and women of any age.