In 1986 the first research study investigating Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy (ACT) was published. It aimed to determine if an early
conceptualization of the ACT model could be used to treat depression.
Since this seminal study, further investigations have been conducted
across every imaginable psychological issue and the rate at which this
research has emerged is impressive. This book describes the research
journey that ACT has taken in the past 30 years. It also suggests, in
light of the progress that has already been made, how ACT research
should move forward in the coming decades.