The ACT Workbook for Perfectionism: Build Your Best (Imperfect) Life Using Powerful Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Self Compassion Skills
Author(s): Jennifer Kemp
ACT Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
An innovative approach to help you maintain your high standards while also accepting mistakes with compassion and kindness.
If you're a perfectionist, you know there's a helpful upside to pushing yourself toward excellence: achievement, success-and, hey, it can be fun and rewarding to work hard! But unhelpful perfectionism can just as easily work against you. It can prevent you from taking risks or trying new things out for fear of failure, judgment, or rejection; cause you to procrastinate; and make you feel like no matter what you achieve, you'll never be good enough.
Grounded in evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this workbook will help you discover what drives this 'dark side' of perfectionism, and develop the skills you need to overcome it-without lowering your standards. By leaning in to your values and treating yourself with kindness and compassion, you'll learn to put mistakes in perspective without wallowing in self-criticism. Most importantly, you'll find that you can allow for imperfection, without losing your drive to achieve.
If you're ready to stop unhealthy perfectionism from paralyzing your personal growth-and start embracing yourself as perfectly imperfect-this book will introduce you to a whole new you!
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“Hands down the best, most helpful book on perfectionism I’ve ever encountered. A must-read for anyone looking to escape the cage of self-imposed perfectionistic expectations and behaviors.”—Jill A. Stoddard, PhD, author of Be Mighty, coauthor of The Big Book of ACT Metaphors, and cohost of the Psychologists Off the Clock podcast
“The irony of this book is that it is a perfect workbook to help you reduce your struggle with perfectionism. Jennifer Kemp’s gentle voice feels like a warm, compassionate blanket that is there to soothe you and help you to create a kinder relationship with yourself.”—Janina Scarlet, PhD, award-winning author of Superhero Therapy
“Jennifer Kemp has created a wonderful workbook for those struggling with clinical perfectionism. Using skills from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), you can learn to use your perfectionism when it works for you, and not be held back by it when it tries to slow you down. Practicing what is in this book can improve your life.”—Michael Twohig, PhD, professor at Utah State University, and coauthor of The Anxious Perfectionist
Jennifer Kemp, MPsych, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Adelaide, South Australia. Kemp works with adults and adolescents on issues such as perfectionism, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, and chronic illness. Kemp uses acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help people notice their experiences, make conscious choices “in the moment,” and take action toward a fulfilling life.
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