Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a new approach to psychotherapy that rethinks even our most basic assumptions of mental well-being. Starting with the assumption that the normal condition of human existence is suffering and struggle, ACT works by first encouraging individuals to accept their lives as they are in the here and now. This acceptance is an antidote to the problem of avoidance, which ACT views as among the greatest risk factors for unnecessary suffering and poor mental health. The process of ACT includes help for individuals to identify a set of core values, a personal set of objectives that matter to them personally. The therapy then encourages the individual to commit to behavior that furthers these values despite potentially painful emotional obstacles.Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life offers a five-step plan for coping with painful emotions such as anxiety and depression. It teaches you how to learn life-enhancing behavior strategies that work to further th

史蒂夫 C.海耶斯 博士、心理学教授、接受与实现疗法创始人。曾被评为20世纪末，世界上最有影响力的心理学家，美国行为治疗进展协会、美国应用于预防心理学会前主席，著有《接受与实现疗法》和《关系框架理论》。

斯宾塞•史密斯，自由作家和编辑。现居美国加利福尼亚圣罗莎者。