$139.99

22 CEs
CEU Course

4-Day Intensive Workshop: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Theory and Practice (December 2024)

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Cognitive Behavior Institute is excited to welcome Joanna (Jodi) Burg Torzewski, PhD, for a live interactive webinar on: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Theory and Practice

Date

12/2/2024 10:00AM - 5:00PM EST

12/3/2024 10:00AM - 5:00PM EST

12/12/2024 10:00AM - 5:00PM EST

12/13/2024 10:00AM - 5:00PM EST

Cost

$139.99

Credit Hours

22 Clinical CEs

Course Overview

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness-based behavior therapy co-founded in 1999. ACT has demonstrated efficacy for treatment of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, pain and transdiagnostic populations (Gloster et al, 2020; Morgan et al, 2021). ACT is considered an empirically supported treatment by several institutions including the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Veterans Administration (VA). Over 800 randomized control trials have been published about ACT (Hayes, 2021), and it is gaining in popularity with clinicians world-wide.This program is designed for therapists and students who are interested in a comprehensive understanding of ACT and are considering implementing ACT into their own practice. Lectures will cover the history of ACT, empirical support, functional contextualism (the underlying philosophy), relational frame theory (RFT, the underlying theory of language), psychological inflexibility and human suffering, case conceptualization, the therapeutic relationship, the six core processes of ACT (acceptance, defusion, mindfulness, self as context, values, and committed action), and special topics for bringing ACT into your practice.

In addition to lectures, participants will watch live demonstrations of ACT processes and therapy (conducted with participant volunteers), engage in voluntary experiential exercises, and join breakout rooms for role-plays and discussion. The program is designed to make ACT concepts and processes engaging, understandable, and relatable so that participants can begin to incorporate them into their practice.

Learning Objectives

Day 1 Learning Objectives

     
  1. Participants will describe the history of ACT as a Third Wave Behavioral treatment.
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  2. Participants will identify their goals for learning ACT.
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  3. Participants will summarize the language-based processes (RFT) that create suffering.
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  4. Participants will summarize Functional Contextualism, the underlying philosophy of ACT.
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  5. Participants will recognize and describe the six processes that underlie psychological flexibility/inflexibility.
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  6. Participants will explain how ACT can address multiple clinical issues and presenting problems.


Day 2 Learning Objectives

     
  1. Participants will describe the experiential aspect of ACT practice and its rationale.
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  2. Participants will describe and demonstrate how to use the six core processes in case formulation.
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  3. Participants will express the ability to formulate an ACT-consistent therapeutic agreement.
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  4. Participants will explain how to use creative hopelessness to motivate change in the control agenda.
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  5. Participants will define the characteristics of the therapeutic relationship from an ACT perspective, including interpersonal and intrapersonal processes.
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  6. Participants will describe how psychological flexibility processes apply to the therapeutic relationship.
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  7. Participants will describe and demonstrate acceptance processes and relevant experiential exercises.


Day 3 Learning Objectives

     
  1. Participants will describe and demonstrate defusion processes and relevant experiential exercises.
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  2. Participants will describe and demonstrate present moment awareness processes and relevant experiential exercises.
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  3. Participants will describe and demonstrate self-as-context processes and relevant experiential exercises.
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  4. Participants will identify at least one way of reading experiential avoidance, fusion, and lack of connection to the present moment as clinically presented.
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  5. Participants will describe and demonstrate the ability to shift the focus between two flexibility processes.


Day 4 Learning Objectives

     
  1. Participants will describe and demonstrate values processes and relevant experiential exercises.
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  2. Participants will describe and demonstrate committed action processes and relevant experiential exercises.
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  3. Participants will identify at least one way of reading lack values clarity and behavioral inaction as clinically presented.
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  4. Participants will describe and demonstrate the ability to shift the focus between two flexibility processes.
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  5. Participants will determine a plan for incorporating ACT into their practice and identify areas for further training.
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  6. Participants will summarize the future directions of ACT and Contextual Behavioral Sciences (CBS).

 

Course Bibliography

Doorley, J. D., Goodman, F. R., Kelso, K. C., & Kashdan, T. B. (2020). Psychological flexibility: What we know, what we do not know, and what we think we know. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 14(12), 1-11.

Eubanks, C. F., Muran, J. C., & Safran, J. D. (2018). Alliance rupture repair: A meta-analysis. Psychotherapy, 55(4), 508–519. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000185 Forsyth, J. P., & Eifert, G. H. (2016). The Mindfulness & Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A guide to breaking free from anxiety, phobias, and worry using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Gloster, A.T., Walder, N., Levin, M. E., Twohig, M. P., Karekla, M. (2020). The empirical status of acceptance and commitment therapy: A review of meta-analyses. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science18, 181–192.

Godbee, M., & Kangas, M. (2020). The relationship between flexible perspective taking and emotional well-being: A systematic review of the “self-as-context” component of acceptance and commitment therapy. Behavior Therapy, 51(6), 917-932.

Harris, R. (2019). ACT made simple: an easy-to-read primer on acceptance and commitment therapy. (2nd ed.). New Harbinger Publications.

Hayes, S. C. (2004). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and the third wave of behavioral and cognitive therapies. Behavior Therapy, 35, 637-638.

Hayes, S.C. (September, 2021). ACT Randomized Controlled Trials (1986 to present). Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS). www.contextualscience.org

Hayes, S. C., Ciarrochi, J., Hofmann, S. G., Chin, F., & Sahdra, B. (2022b). Evolving an idionomic approach to processes of change: Towards a unified personalized science of human improvement. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 156, 104155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104155

Hayes, S. C., & Hofmann, S. G. (2017). The third wave of cognitive behavioral therapy and the rise of process‐based care. World Psychiatry, 16(3), 245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wps.20442

Hayes, S. C., Hofmann, S. G. & Wilson, D. S. (2020). Clinical psychology is an applied evolutionary science. Clinical Psychology Review, 81, 101892. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101892

Hayes, S. C. & Hofmann, S. G. (2021). “Third-wave” cognitive and behavioral therapies and the emergence of a process-based approach to intervention in psychiatry. World Psychiatry, 20(3), 363-375. DOI: 10.1002/wps.20884

Hayes, S. C., Hofmann, S. G. & Ciarrochi, J. (2020). A process-based approach to psychological diagnosis and treatment: The conceptual and treatment utility of an extended evolutionary model. Clinical Psychology Review, 82, 101908. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101908

Hayes, S. C., Levin, M. E., Plumb-Vilardaga, J., Villatte, J. L., & Pistorello, J. (2013). Acceptance and commitment therapy and contextual behavioral science: Examining the progress of a distinctive model of behavioral and cognitive therapy. Behavior Therapy, 44(2), 180-198.

Hayes, S. C., & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Hayes, S.C, Strosahl, K.D., & Wilson, K.G. (2012). Acceptance and commitment therapy: The process and practice of mindful change (2nd edition). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Hebert, E. R., Flynn, M. K., Wilson, K. G., & Kellum, K. K. (2021). Values intervention as an establishing operation for approach in the presence of aversive stimuli. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 20, 144-154.

Hofmann, S. G., & Hayes, S. C. (2018). The Future of Intervention Science: Process-Based Therapy. Clinical Psychological Science, 2167702618772296.

Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. D. (2017). Learning ACT: An acceptance and commitment therapy skills-training manual for therapists (Second Ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Morgan, T.A., Dalrymple, K,, D’Avanzato, C., Zimage, S. Balling, C., Ward, M., Zimmerman, M. (2021). Conducting outcomes research in a clinical practice setting: The effectiveness and acceptability of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in a partial hospital program. Behavior Therapy 52(2), 272–285.

Twohig, M. P.(2012). The basics of acceptance and commitment therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 19, 499-507.

Villatte, J. L., Vilardaga, R., Villatte, M., Vilardaga, J. C. P., Atkins, D. A., & Hayes, S. C. (2016). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy modules: Differential impact on treatment processes and outcomes. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 77, 52-61. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2015.12.001

Walser, R. D. (2019). The heart of ACT : developing a flexible, process-based, and client-centered practice using acceptance and commitment therapy. New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Walser, R. D., Karlin, B. E., Trockel, M., Mazina, B., & Taylor, C. B. (2013). Training in and implementation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for depression in the Veterans Health Administration: Therapist and patient outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51(9), 555-563.

Walser, R. D., & O’Connell, M. (2021). Acceptance and commitment therapy and the therapeutic relationship: Rupture and repair. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(2), 429-440.

Wahyun, E., Juntika, N., Syamsu, Y. (2019). Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to enhance students’ wellness. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies 19(1). 91–114.

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Cognitive Behavior Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cognitive Behavior Institute maintains responsibility for content of this program. Social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors in Pennsylvania can receive continuing education from providers approved by the American Psychological Association. Since CBI is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education, licensed social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed professional counselors in Pennsylvania will be able to fulfill their continuing education requirements by attending CBI continuing education programs. For professionals outside the state of Pennsylvania, you must confirm with your specific State Board that APA approved CE's are accepted towards your licensure requirements. The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) has a process for approving individual programs or providers for continuing education through their Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. ACE approved providers and individual courses approved by ASWB are not accepted by every state and regulatory board for continuing education credits for social workers. Every US state other than New York accepts ACE approval for social workers in some capacity: New Jersey only accepts individually approved courses for social workers, rather than courses from approved providers. The West Virginia board requires board approval for live courses, but accepts ASWB ACE approval for other courses for social workers. For more information, please see https://www.aswb.org/ace/ace-jurisdiction-map/. Whether or not boards accept ASWB ACE approved continuing education for other professionals such as licensed professional counselors or licensed marriage and family therapists varies by jurisdiction. To determine if a course can be accepted by your licensing board, please review your board’s regulations or contact them. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

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Course Schedule

Course Date Course Start Time Course End Time Timezone
12/2/2024 10:00AM 5:00PM EST
12/3/2024 10:00AM 5:00PM EST
12/12/2024 10:00AM 5:00PM EST
12/13/2024 10:00AM 5:00PM EST

Course Agenda

Course Event Day or Date Course Agenda Time Block Course Content Covered
DAY 1 10:00- 10:15 Introduction & Course Overview (Conflicts of interest, learning objectives, limitations)
DAY 1 10:15- 11:15
  • Introduction to ACT: Lecture
  • Defining ACT
  • The Nature of Human Suffering
  • History of ACT
  • Founders/Leaders/ACBS
  • Review of Empirical Evidence
  • Relevance to Diversity
DAY 1 11:15-11:30 Breakout Rooms: Setting Intentions for the Course
DAY 1 11:30-11:45 Break
DAY 1 11:45-1:15
  • Foundations of ACT: Lecture and Demonstrations
  • Functional Contextualism (the underlying philosophy of ACT)
  • Language and Suffering: Relational Frame Theory (RFT, the underlying theory of language)
DAY 1 1:15-2:15 Lunch
DAY 1 2:15-3:45
  • Psychological Flexibility as Unifying Model: Lecture and Experiential Exercises
  • Introduction to the Hexaflex (the ACT model of psychological flexibility and inflexibility)
  • Open/Centered/Engaged
  • Transdiagnostic Considerations
DAY 1 3:45-4:00 Break
DAY 1 4:00-4:30 Breakout Rooms: Instructor Lead Exercise
DAY 1 4:30-5:00 Q&A
DAY 2 10:00- 10:30
  • Brief Review
  • Introduction to ACT in Practice
  • Experiential work
  • Naturalistic (non-manualized)
DAY 2 10:30-11:00 Case Formulation and Creating the Therapeutic Agreement: Lecture and Experiential Exercises
DAY 2 11:00-11:30 Breakout Room: Practice Case Formulation
DAY 2 11:30-11:45 Break
DAY 2 11:45-12:45 The Role of Avoidance (Creating a Context for Change in Therapy): Lecture and Demonstration
DAY 2 12:45-1:15 Breakout Room: Role-Play Creative Hopelessness
DAY 2 1:15-2:15 Lunch
DAY 2 2:15-2:45 The Therapeutic Relationship in ACT: Lecture
DAY 2 2:45-3:45 Acceptance: Lecture, Demonstration, and Experiential Exercises
DAY 2 3:45-4:00 Break Break
DAY 2 4:00-4:30 Breakout Rooms: Role-Play Acceptance
DAY 2 4:30-5:00 Q&A
DAY 3 10:00- 11:00 Defusion: Lecture, Demonstration, and Experiential Exercises
DAY 3 11:00- 11:30 Breakout Rooms: Role-Play Defusion
DAY 3 11:30-11:45 Break
DAY 3 11:45-12:45 Present Moment Awareness: Lecture, Demonstration, and Experiential Exercises
DAY 3 12:45-1:15 Breakout Room: Role-Play Present Moment Awareness
DAY 3 1:15-2:15 Lunch
DAY 3 2:15-3:15 Self as Context: Lecture, Demonstration, and Experiential Exercises
DAY 3 3:15-3:45 Breakout Room: Role-Play Self as Context
DAY 3 3:45-4:00 Break
DAY 3 4:00-4:30 Therapy Demonstration (with Participant Volunteer): Navigating Between Processes
DAY 3 4:30-5:00 Breakout Room: Role-Play Navigating Between Processes
DAY 4 10:00- 11:00 Values: Lecture, Demonstration, and Experiential Exercises
DAY 4 11:00-11:30 Breakout Rooms: Role-Play Values
DAY 4 11:30-11:45 Break
DAY 4 11:45-12:45 Committed Action: Lecture, Demonstration, and Experiential Exercises
DAY 4 12:45-1:15 Breakout Rooms: Role-Play Committed Action
DAY 4 1:15-2:15 Lunch
DAY 4 2:15-3:15
  • Additional Considerations
  • In-person/Telehealth
  • Applications (career counselling, coaching, BA, organizational)
  • Self-Assessment
  • Incorporating ACT into your practice
DAY 4 3:15-3:45 Breakout Room: Creating a Plan for ACT into Your Practice
DAY 4 3:45-4:00 Break
DAY 4 4:00-4:30 Future of ACT, Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS), and Processed Based Therapy (PBT)
DAY 4 4:30-5:00 Conclusion and Q&A

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and videos are described verbally. We also read all of the questions and comments that are asked of our speakers. All questions and comments are made via the chat function.

For those that require it, please contact us at info@cbicenterforeducation.com for more information on and/or to request closed-captioning.
 

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