ACT 1 – Phoenix
Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
About This Workshop
- An experiential understanding of the six basic processes of ACT’s Psychological Flexibility Model:
- Flexible contact with the present moment
- Cognitive Defusion
- Acceptance
- Self-as-context
- Values
- Committed action
- The relationship between the six basic processes and Relational Frame Theory (RFT)
- How to apply the Psychological Flexibility Model to case conceptualization and treatment planning
- Practical skills for meeting clients where they are and fostering their willingness and openness to change
- Ways to assess, observe, and influence client processes in session
Attendees must complete the course in full and attend all sessions in order to receive ANY continuing education credit. No partial credit will be given.
*A hotel room block is not available for this event.
Program
Friday, December 6th
8:00 am to 8:30 am
- Registration (Not available for CE)
8:30 am to 10:15 am
- Welcoming and Orientation
- Defining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Introducing Psychological Flexibility
- Introducing the Hexagon Model
10:15 am to 10:30 am
- Morning Break (Not available for CE)
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
- Defusion and Acceptance: Noticing Your Mind and Opening Up to Experience
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
- Lunch Break (Not available for CE)
2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
- Self-as-Context: Inhabiting a Flexible Self
3:15 pm to 3:30 pm
- Afternoon Break (Not available for CE)
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
- Values and Committed Action: Making Bold Moves
- Debrief/Q & A/Check-out
Saturday, December 7th
8:00 am to 8:30 am
- Check-in (Not available for CE)
8:30 am to 10:15 am
- Q & A
- Committed Action
10:15am to 10:30am
- Morning Break (Not available for CE)
10:30 am to 12:30pm
- Contacting the Present Moment
- Bringing it all Together
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
- Lunch Break (Not available for CE)
2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
- ACT for Clinically Relevant Concerns: OCD, Trauma, Depression
3:15 pm to 3:30 pm
- Afternoon Break (Not available for CE)
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
- Methods of Doing ACT: The Mindful Action Plan
- Final Q & A/Check-out
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Describe how to relate ACT to its foundational underpinnings of Functional Contextualism, Relational Frame Theory, and Applied Behavior Analysis.
- Describe the six core processes of psychological flexibility/inflexibility.
- Demonstrate how to contact the present moment with flexible, yet focused, attention.
- Demonstrate how to access the observing process of self-as- context.
- Demonstrate how to cultivate compassion with the perspective-taking process of self-as- context.
- Demonstrate how to facilitate defusion from sticky cognitions.
- Demonstrate how to foster acceptance of painful private experiences.
- Demonstrate how to construct and clarify values while differentiating from goals.
- Explain how to use creative hopelessness to motivate a change in the control agenda.
- Demonstrate case conceptualization and treatment planning with the ACT Matrix while probing for toward moves (committed action) and away moves (experiential avoidance).
- Explain how to formulate ACT-consistent informed consent, goal collaboration, and therapeutic stance.
- Demonstrate how to model, evoke, and reinforce psychological flexibility within the therapeutic relationship.
- Explain the concept of workability and how it informs the entire ACT model.
Continuing Education
Please review complete CE and conflict-of-interest disclosure information prior to registering. This course is jointly sponsored by Praxis CET and Institute for Better Health (IBH) and is approved for 13 CE Hours by the following:
- APA – Psychologists
- BACB – Behavior Analysts
- ASWB – National Social Workers
- NBCC – National Counselors
- NAADAC – Drug & Alcohol Counselors
- NY State – Counselors and Social Workers
- Other State Level Counselors, MFTs, and Social Workers
- WESPSB – Educators
- ACCME – Physicians
- ANCC – Nurses
Prerequisites
Audience
Recommended Reading
Luoma, J., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. (2017). Learning ACT (2nd ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications
References
Luoma, J., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. (2017). Learning ACT (2nd edition). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K., & Wilson, K. G. (2012). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The process and practice of mindful change (2nd edition). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Hayes, S. C., & Lillis, J. (2012). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
We understand, sometimes things come up!
Praxis will offer a full refund to registrants of both live and live-online trainings who cancel their registration up to 14 days before the course or workshop start date, minus an administrative processing fee of $30 for a 2-day workshop or online course, and a $50 fee for a 4-day workshop. If cancelled within 14 days, no refund will be issued, however, a credit for the same amount will be applied toward another learning product, which expires within 1 year. Please email us at events@praxiscet.zendesk.com to cancel a registration.
Available Discounts
- Groups of 3 or more professionals receive 20% off at checkout
- Register before October 25 for a $50 discount.
- Student registrations are not eligible for ANY discounts