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The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance

The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) Approach

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The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance

The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) Approach

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Frank L. Gardner, PhD, ABPP

Zella E. Moore, PsyD

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The MAC approach developed by connecting the more traditional scientific knowledge base on human performance and self-regulation to more contemporary findings to do with meta-cognitive processes, emotion regulation, and acceptance-based behavioral interventions. Written by the originators of the MAC model, this book will provide both the necessary theory, empirical background, and a structured step-by-step, easy-to-use protocol for the understanding, assessment, conceptualization, and enhancement of human performance. It is a protocol that can be readily adapted for a wide variety of high-performing clientele--from athletes and business people, to sales people, professionals in a variety of fields, and emergency/military personnel. The material can be integrated by practicing clinicians as an adjunctive intervention strategy to help clients with specific performance problems. Numerous case examples, forms, handouts, in- and out-of-session assignments and activities, and verbatim client instructions are included.

Contents
    List of Figures
    Foreword
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Part I: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations
  1. Understanding Functional and Dysfunctional Human Performance: The Integrative Model of Human Performance (IMHP)
  2. From Change to Acceptance: The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment Approach to Performance Enhancement
  3. Planning for the MAC

  4. Part II: Strategies and Techniques of the MAC Approach to Performance Enhancement
  5. MAC Module 1: Preparing the Client with Psychoeducation
  6. MAC Module 2: Introducing Mindfulness and Cognitive Defusion
  7. MAC Module 3: Introducing Values and Values-Driven Behavior
  8. MAC Module 4: Introducing Acceptance
  9. MAC Module 5: Enhancing Commitment
  10. MAC Module 6: Skill Consolidation and Poise: Combining Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Commitment
  11. MAC Module 7: Maintaining and Enhancing Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Commitment

  12. Part III: Case Studies
  13. Case Study I: Performance Dysfunction: The Case of Kayla
  14. Case Study II: Performance Development: The Case of Daniel
  15. Case Study III: Considerations in the Group Application of MAC
Authors

Frank L. Gardner, PhD, ABPP, is a Professor of Psychology and Program Director of the Psy.D. Program in Clinical Psychology at La Salle University in Philadelphia.

Zella E. Moore, PsyD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Manhattan College in New York.

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  • Release Date: July 30, 2007
  • Hardback
  • 312 Pages
  • Trim Size: 6.38in x 9.07in
  • ISBN: 9780826102607
  • eBook ISBN: 9780826103369
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