The Palgrave Handbook of Third-Wave Psychotherapies

Wendy Li is Associate Professor of Psychology at James Cook University, Australia. She is the Founding Chair of the AusAsian Mental Health Research Alliance (AMHRA) and Head of the Mindfulness Lab @ JCU. She is recognised for her expertise in evaluating the effectiveness of mental health interventions and translating psychological research into real-world practice. Gemma Griffith is Senior Lecturer and Researcher at Bangor University, UK, and Director of postgraduate programmes at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice. She is the co-editor of Essential Resources for Mindfulness Teachers (Routledge, 2021) and co-author of Teaching Mindfulness-Based Groups: The Inside Out Group Model (Pavilion, 2022). Shauna Shapiro is a best-selling author, clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. She is Professor at Santa Clara University, USA, and has published over 150 papers and three critically acclaimed books, translated into 16 languages. Zhuohong Zhu is Professor at the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing, China, where he directs the Research Centre of the Institute of Psychology. His research focuses on psychological flexibility and applications of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Relational Frame Theory (RFT).