“The editors have brought together leading international experts in third-wave behavior therapy to stretch the boundaries of existing treatments. The book addresses a full range of complex, often hard-to-treat disorders and problems in living. There is no finer compilation of clinical wisdom on empirically supported applications of mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion.”

—Steven D. Hollon, PhD, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University


“This volume offers therapists an innovative, insightful, process-driven framework for grappling with complex clinical presentations. Moving beyond symptoms and comorbid diagnoses, the book makes a compelling case for therapy that engages idiographic, dynamic change processes. Applications of mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion are amply illustrated through clinical transcripts and examples. This book will be of broad interest to therapists and students who want to learn about the cutting edge of third-wave treatments.”

—Zindel Segal, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorders, University of Toronto–Scarborough, Canada


“There is often a considerable gap between psychotherapy texts describe and what actually happens in therapy rooms. Clients rarely present with a single, well-defined disorder; therapists are guided by competing priorities; and therapy follows its own organic course. This substantial volume addresses that gap directly and honestly, capturing a pivotal moment in the field—the move from disorder-specific protocols toward process-based, transdiagnostic practice. The consistent structure across chapters—population, evidence, case example, in-depth technique, limitations, resources—makes the book genuinely usable and valuable for therapists and therapists in training.”

—Willem Kuyken, PhD, Ritblat Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological Science, University of Oxford, United Kingdom