19-01-2021 | Book Review
Joseph V. Ciarrochi and Louise L. Hayes: Your Life, Your Way: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills to Help Teens Manage Emotions and Build Resilience
Instant Help Books, Oakland, CA, 2020, 168 pp, ISBN: 9781684034659
Auteur:
Chris Fradkin
Gepubliceerd in:
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
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Uitgave 5/2021
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Excerpt
In
Your Life, Your Way: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills to Help Teens Manage Emotions and Build Resilience, authors Joseph V. Ciarrochi and Louise L. Hayes deliver a self-help program for teens struggling with the challenges of adolescence. Grounded on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT; Hayes et al.
1999; Puolakanaho et al.
2019), the program is based on the DNA-V model. This model assumes the patient has three roles: discoverer (D), noticer (N), and advisor (A); and these roles function as a check-and-balance system. The patient’s psychosocial health depends on their ability to shift between these roles as needed. The DNA-V is an adaptation of the ACT Hexaflex model, and was designed specifically for dealing with young people (Gillard et al.
2018). …