$79.00
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Therapists: Practicing from the Inside Out (September 2025)
Register NowCognitive Behavior Institute is excited to welcome Emily Wharton, PsyD for a live interactive webinar on: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Therapists: Practicing from the Inside Out
Date
9/9/2025 11:30AM - 5:30PM EST
Instructors
Emily Wharton, PsyDCost
$79.00
Credit Hours
5 clinical CEs
Course Overview
Learning Objectives
- Participants will describe the core tenets, principles, and underlying theory of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
- Participants will list each of the six core processes of ACT.
- Participants will illustrate how ACT interventions can help build psychological flexibility.
- Participants will identify how to engage in each core process with oneself as a therapist in session.
- Participants will explain the application of each core process to our roles as therapists and the therapeutic relationship.
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Cognitive Behavior Institute, #1771, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 06/30/2022-06/30/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 5 clinical continuing education credits.
Cognitive Behavior Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0098 and the State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0646 and the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0216.
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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.
Course Schedule
| Course Date | Course Start Time | Course End Time | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/9/2025 | 11:30AM | 5:30PM | EST |
Course Agenda
| Course Event Day or Date | Course Agenda Time Block | Course Content Covered |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 11:30am-12:00pm | Lecture: The Theoretical Basis for ACT
|
| Day 1 | 12:00pm-1:00pm | Lecture and Skills Practice: Acceptance and Values
|
| Day 1 | 1:00pm-1:15pm | BREAK |
| Day 1 | 1:15pm-2:30pm | Lecture and Skills Practice: Committed Action and Defusion
|
| Day 1 | 2:30pm-3:00pm | BREAK |
| Day 1 | 3:00pm-4:15pm | Lecture and Skills Practice: Self-As-Context and Mindfulness
|
| Day 1 | 4:15pm-4:30pm | BREAK |
| Day 1 | 4:30pm-5:30pm | Psychological Flexibility as Clinicians: Dancing around the ACT Hexaflex
|
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