New Release
ACT for ARFID
A compassionate, evidence-based guide to using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Avoidant / Restrictive Food Intake Disorder — for clinicians, parents and carers.
Adaptive Mind Institute
ACT for ARFID
A practical guide using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
What You Will Learn
ACT for ARFID brings together clinical evidence, trauma-informed care, and the lived experience of feeding neurodivergent children — into a step-by-step approach you can actually use.
- Understand ARFID through an ACT lens
- Apply acceptance and defusion to food-related distress
- Use values-based feeding goals with children and adults
- Combine ACT with trauma-informed and polyvagal strategies
- Coach parents and carers through the daily reality of feeding
- Practical worksheets, scripts and case studies
Book Details
- Title
- ACT for ARFID
- Format
- Kindle & Paperback
- Pages
- Approx. 220
- Language
- English
- Audience
- Clinicians, parents, carers
- Publisher
- Adaptive Mind Institute
About the Author
Sharee is a counsellor, case manager and life coach based in regional Central Queensland, Australia, and the founder of Adaptive Mind Institute. She has trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, trauma-informed care and polyvagal theory.
As a mother of four — including children with ADHD and autism — she writes from the rare intersection of clinical knowledge and daily lived experience. Her work is driven by a single mission: to be a light that touches one million people on their journey toward self-determined wellbeing.
Early Reader Reviews
“A clear, compassionate and clinically rigorous guide. The case examples make ACT for ARFID feel possible, even in complex presentations.”
Dr. Renee Carter
Clinical Psychologist
“I cried reading the introduction — finally a book that understands what mealtimes feel like in our house, without judgement.”
Mel S.
Parent of two neurodivergent kids
“Practical, hopeful and grounded in real clinical work. I now use the values exercise from chapter 6 every week.”
James K.
Mental Health Nurse
Bring ACT for ARFID Into Your Practice
For clinics, schools and family-support services, we offer bulk ordering, training bundles, and discussion-guide downloads.