The Strength of Self-Acceptance: Theory, Practice and Research

✍ Scribed by Louis Hoffman, Abraham J. Lopez, Michael Moats (auth.), Michael E. Bernard (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 301
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

​ Self-acceptance is recognized in diverse schools of Christian and Eastern theology as well as in various schools of counseling and psychotherapy (e.g., Humanistic, Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy) as a major contributor to mental health, life satisfaction and wellness. A review of the professional literature reveals there is no text that spells out how different theologies, theories of personality and approaches to counseling and therapy conceptualize self-acceptance and how this concept is interrelated to other aspects and constructs of spirituality and psychological functioning (e.g., flexibility, mindfulness). Additionally, the field of positive psychology, which studies the character strengths and virtues that help individuals to experience well-being and to flourish, has largely ignored the concept of self-acceptance.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Humanistic Psychology and Self-Acceptance....Pages 3-17
Self-Acceptance in Buddhism and Psychotherapy....Pages 19-38
Self-Acceptance and Christian Theology....Pages 39-64
The Value of a Human Being....Pages 65-72
Psychologically Flexible Self-Acceptance....Pages 73-92
Unconditional Positive Self-Regard....Pages 93-106
Unconditional Self-Acceptance and Self-Compassion....Pages 107-120
Self-Acceptance and Happiness....Pages 121-137
Measuring and Characterizing Unconditional Self-Acceptance....Pages 139-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Self-Acceptance in the Education and Counseling of Young People....Pages 155-192
Self-Acceptance and the Parenting of Children....Pages 193-214
Self-Acceptance and Successful Relationships....Pages 215-227
Self-Acceptance in Women....Pages 229-246
Self-Acceptance and Chronic Illness....Pages 247-262
Self-Acceptance and Aging: Using Self-Acceptance as a Mediator of Change in CBT with Older People....Pages 263-279
Back Matter....Pages 281-288

✦ Subjects

Clinical Psychology; Personality and Social Psychology; Psychotherapy and Counseling