Jason Luoma, Ph.D. , is a clinical psychologist, director of the Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, and Training Center in Portland, Oregon, and a grant-funded researcher with the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on the application of ACT to the alleviation of burnout in counselors, ACT as an intervention for the stigma of substance abuse, and the dissemination and training of evidence-based therapies. He also has an active clinical practice and is an experienced trainer in Acceptance andCommitment Therapy. This book is the result of this practical experience and research. Steven C. Hayes, Ph.
D. , is University of Nevada Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has authored nearly 400 articles and book chapters, and more than 30 books, including 'Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life', 'Acceptance and Commitment Therapy', and 'Relational Frame Theory'. A past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, he has conducted hundreds of trainings in ACT around the world and supervised the clinical training of scores of graduate students. Robyn D. Walser, Ph.D. , is a clinical psychologist who works as a consultant, ACT workshop presenter, and therapist in her private business, TLConsultation Services.
She has been doing ACT workshop trainings, both nationally and internationally, since 1998, training in multiple formats and for multiple client problems. She also works at the National Center for PTSD at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. Dr. Walser has expertise in traumatic stress and has authored a number of articles and a book, 'Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma Related Problems', for use of ACT in treating PTSD and trauma related problems. Jason Luoma, PhD, is a grant-funded researcher with the University of Nevada, Reno, and a clinical psychologist in private practice in Portland, OR. His research focuses on the application of ACT to the alleviation of burnout in counselors, ACT as an intervention for the stigma of substance abuse, and the dissemination and training of evidence-based therapies. He is an experienced trainer in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and directed the first ACT Summer Training Institute. This book isthe result of this practical experience and research.
Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. An author of 34 books and more than 470 scientific articles, he has shown in his research how language and thought leads to human suffering, and has developed acceptance and commitment therapy, a powerful therapy method that is useful in a wide variety of areas. Hayes has been president of several scientific societies and has received several national awards, including the Lifetime AchievementAward from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. Robyn D. Walser, PhD, is the assistant director at the National Center for PTSD at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. She also works as a consultant, workshop presenter, and therapist in her private business, TLConsultation Services. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno.
During her graduate studies, she developed expertise in traumatic stress, substance abuse, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). She has been doing ACTworkshop trainings, both nationally and internationally, since 1998, training in multiple formats and for multiple client problems.