INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • GROUNDBREAKING GUIDE TO ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT)
A CLASSIC IN MODERN PSYCHOLOGY & SELF-HELP
“Insightful, practical, and profoundly life-changing.”
—Widely praised by therapists and readers alike
A pioneering work that introduced millions to ACT, offering powerful tools to break free from negative thought patterns and build a meaningful, values-driven life.
What if the key to a better life isn’t controlling your thoughts—but changing your relationship with them?
In Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Steven C. Hayes, readers are introduced to a groundbreaking approach to mental health known as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Instead of fighting negative thoughts or trying to eliminate emotional pain, this method encourages a radically different path: acceptance, awareness, and purposeful action.
Through a blend of scientific insight and practical exercises, Hayes guides readers in recognizing how avoidance and overthinking can trap them in cycles of suffering. The book provides tools to help individuals step back from their thoughts, observe them without judgment, and reconnect with what truly matters in their lives.
But this shift isn’t easy. Letting go of control can feel counterintuitive—especially when the mind insists on fixing, analyzing, and protecting. The real challenge lies in facing discomfort while still moving forward with intention.
As readers practice these principles, a powerful transformation begins: life expands beyond fear, and meaning takes center stage.
Insightful and deeply practical, this book offers a new way to live—not by escaping your mind, but by finally learning how to live alongside it.
Review
“With kindness, erudition, and humor, the authors of Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life educate readers into a new way of thinking about psychological issues in general and life satisfaction in particular. Their combination of cutting-edge research and resonance with ancient, tried-and-true practices makes this one of the most fascinating and illuminating self-help books available. If you’re tired of standard psychological parlance and still frustrated with your quality of life, this book can be a godsend.” —
Martha Beck, columnist for
O Magazine and author of
Finding Your Own North Star and
Expecting Adam.
“This manual, firmly based on cutting-edge psychological science and theory, details an innovative and rapidly growing approach that can provide you with the power to transform your very experience of life. Highly recommended for all of us.” —David H. Barlow, professor of psychology, research professor of psychiatry, and director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University.
“This is the quintessential workbook on acceptance and commitment therapy. Written with wit, clinical wisdom, and compassionate skepticism, it succeeds in showing us that, paradoxically, there is great therapeutic value in going out of our minds. Once released from the struggle with thought, we are free to discover that a life of meaning and value is closer at hand than thought allowed. This book will serve patients, therapists, researchers, and educators looking for an elegant exposition of the nuts and bolts of this exciting approach.” —Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D., the Morgan Firestone Chair in Psychotherapy and professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Toronto and author of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression.
“This book is a user-friendly tool for clinicians who may be looking for adjunct handouts for clients with a wide variety of issues. Exercises found within can help deepen, structure, or guide experiences contacted in session. As a stand-alone self-help book, it brings to light the guiding principles that make ACT such an empowering approach. I highly recommend this book to clinicians and laypeople alike.” —Sandra Georgescu, Psy.D., assistant professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
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