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、心理學教授、接受與實現療法創始人。曾被評為20世紀末，世界上最有影響力的心理學傢，美國行為治療進展協會、美國應用於預防心理學會前主席，著有《接受與實現療法》和《關係框架理論》。

斯賓塞•史密斯，自由作傢和編輯。現居美國加利福尼亞聖羅莎者。