Workshop Description:

As a clinician, it is important to know various therapeutic models and useful interventions to help clients. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is emerging as a very promising and evidenced-based therapeutic modality to treat a host of mental health conditions. ACT incorporates elements of CBT and DBT into its framework while including some unique tenets and approaches. Join this full-day workshop to learn about the fundamental philosophies of ACT, including the six core processes. Discover how ACT approaches unhelpful thinking, difficult emotions, and problematic behaviors. ACT is evidence-based for depression, anxiety, suicide, trauma, and many more mental health conditions. Learners will find ACT approaches and interventions relevant to various clients in diverse settings through examining case studies, video clips, and worksheets.

Workshop Objectives:

• Demonstrate knowledge of ACT basic principles and psychological flexibility.
• Identify the six core processes of ACT.
• Implement at least two ACT interventions in clinical practice.
• Reflect on methods and rationale for incorporating ACT interventions into work with clients.
• Discover and utilize ACT methods such as metaphors, cognitive fusion, and self as context with clients.
• Formulate and employ at least three ACT interventions to use with clients.