Launching January 14, 2027
A Guide toExperiential Therapy
Foundations and Tools for Clinical Practice
A field guide for clinicians who want to learn action-based therapy methods to bring about lasting change.
by Matt Wade, LMFT
Why this book exists
Experiential therapy — the deliberate creation of emotional experience that produces change at the level where a client's pattern is actually encoded — has never lacked for compelling texts.
What it has lacked is a single working reference that treats the whole practice: the neuroscience, the clinician's stance, the foundational skills, the specific tools, the application across clinical contexts, and the professional infrastructure that sustains the work.
This book is that reference.
What's inside
- 36
- chapters
- 6
- parts
- ~430
- pages
- 6
- appendices
Appendices include recommended training pathways and further reading.
A note from the author
Experiential therapy has shaped me both as a clinician and as a person. There is something about seeing a client's body finally do what their words could not — reach for the empty chair, place the stone that represents the mother they never had, drape the scarf that names the burden carried too long — that keeps me convinced this work matters and is worth teaching well.
I wrote this book for the clinicians I love investing in. Especially the ones early in their careers who are hungry for real experiential tools, and the seasoned ones ready to deepen a practice they have already built.
— Matt Wade, LMFT
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If the samples in the preview pack land for you, I would be honored to include your voice on the back cover and/or in the front matter of the book.
Endorsement deadline
October 1, 2026
Book launches
January 14, 2027
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