DNA-v

This online, self-paced course will introduce you to DNA-v — the youth model of acceptance and commitment therapy. The course is designed to give therapists, teachers, counsellors and coaches practical skills to helping young people to thrive and have greater psychological flexibility and strength. DNA-v's 8 modules of video, written material, and quizzes are accessed through your web browser - there's no attendance to take, and the course remembers your progress so you can pick up where you left off whenever it's convenient.

Prior to registering, please review speaker-planner conflict of interest disclosures and complete CE information.

Unit 1: Noticer as the Foundation for All Humans
Unit 2: Values Connect Us to Meaning and Vitality
Unit 3: The Advisor Helps Us Find Our Way
Unit 4: The Discoverer Helps Us Learn and Grow
Unit 5: DNA-v in Actions
Unit 6: Developing a Flexible Self-View
Unit 7: Relationships: Friendship and Love are in our DNA
Unit 8: Building Strong Social Networks with DNA-v

Participants will be able to:

1. Conceptualize and assess “functionally “emotion regulation problems within an ACT frame.
2. Apply specific 6 core ACT processes when working with clients struggling with emotion regulation problems.
3. Demonstrate how to connect 6 ACT core processes in a roadmap for emotion regulation.
4. Describe the similarities and differences between traditional behavioral exposure (inhibitory learning model) and ACT-based exposure.
5. Assess “functional” OCD and anxiety problems.
6. Deliver ACT-consistent exposures for clients struggling with OCD and anxiety disorder.
7. Discriminate function versus form when working with clients with unique clinical presentations such as OCD, anxiety, and emotion regulation.
8. Understand targeted ACT processes for exposure and emotion regulation in relationship to the hexaflex.

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The course is suitable for all professionals interested in working with young people 12 to 24. This includes teachers, counselors, psychologists, social workers, youth workers etc.

Hayes, L., & Ciarrochi, J. (2015). The Thriving Adolescent: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Positive Psychology to Help Young People Manage Emotions, Achieve Goals, and Build Connection: Oakland, CA: Context Press.